diff --git a/pkg/allocate/allocate.go b/pkg/allocate/allocate.go
index 45c95d44d..a0ded51b5 100644
--- a/pkg/allocate/allocate.go
+++ b/pkg/allocate/allocate.go
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ func IterateForAssignment(ipnet net.IPNet, rangeStart net.IP, rangeEnd net.IP, r
 	}
 	logging.Debugf("IterateForAssignment input >> ip: %v | ipnet: %v | first IP: %v | last IP: %v", rangeStart, ipnet, firstip, lastip)
 
-	reserved := make(map[string]bool)
+	reserved := make(map[string]string)
 	for _, r := range reservelist {
-		reserved[r.IP.String()] = true
+		reserved[r.IP.String()] = r.PodRef
 	}
 
 	// excluded,            "192.168.2.229/30", "192.168.1.229/30",
@@ -213,8 +213,11 @@ func IterateForAssignment(ipnet net.IPNet, rangeStart net.IP, rangeEnd net.IP, r
 	endip := IPAddOffset(lastip, uint64(1))
 	for i := firstip; !i.Equal(endip); i = IPAddOffset(i, uint64(1)) {
 		// if already reserved, skip it
-		if reserved[i.String()] {
-			continue
+		if reserved[i.String()] != "" {
+			if reserved[i.String()] != podRef {
+				continue
+			}
+			logging.Debugf("Found existing reservation %v with matching podRef %s", i.String(), podRef)
 		}
 
 		// Lastly, we need to check if this IP is within the range of excluded subnets
diff --git a/pkg/storage/etcd.go b/pkg/storage/etcd.go
index 548d9e7d8..629dcd36e 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/etcd.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/etcd.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (i *ETCDIPAM) GetOverlappingRangeStore() (OverlappingRangeStore, error) {
 }
 
 // IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange checks to see if the IP is allocated across the whole cluster (and not just the current range)
-func (i *EtcdOverlappingRangeStore) IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange(ctx context.Context, ip net.IP) (bool, error) {
+func (i *EtcdOverlappingRangeStore) IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange(ctx context.Context, ip net.IP, podRef string) (bool, error) {
 	logging.Debugf("ETCD IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange is NOT IMPLEMENTED!!!! TODO")
 	return false, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/storage/kubernetes/ipam.go b/pkg/storage/kubernetes/ipam.go
index fab5e22db..201a061fe 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/kubernetes/ipam.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/kubernetes/ipam.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (i *KubernetesIPAM) GetOverlappingRangeStore() (storage.OverlappingRangeSto
 }
 
 // IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange checks for IP addresses to see if they're allocated cluster wide, for overlapping ranges
-func (c *KubernetesOverlappingRangeStore) IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange(ctx context.Context, ip net.IP) (bool, error) {
+func (c *KubernetesOverlappingRangeStore) IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange(ctx context.Context, ip net.IP, podRef string) (bool, error) {
 
 	// IPv6 doesn't make for valid CR names, so normalize it.
 	normalizedip := strings.ReplaceAll(fmt.Sprint(ip), ":", "-")
@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ func (c *KubernetesOverlappingRangeStore) IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange(ctx cont
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("k8s get OverlappingRangeIPReservation error: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	if clusteripres.Spec.PodRef == podRef {
+		logging.Debugf("IP %v matches existing podRef %s", ip, podRef)
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	logging.Debugf("IP %v is reserved cluster wide.", ip)
 	return true, nil
 }
@@ -205,7 +210,10 @@ func (c *KubernetesOverlappingRangeStore) UpdateOverlappingRangeAllocation(ctx c
 			PodRef:      podRef,
 		}
 
-		err = c.client.Create(ctx, clusteripres)
+		if err := c.client.Create(ctx, clusteripres); errors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+			logging.Debugf("clusteripres already exists, updating with %v", clusteripres.Spec)
+			err = c.client.Update(ctx, clusteripres)
+		}
 
 	case whereaboutstypes.Deallocate:
 		verb = "deallocate"
@@ -472,7 +480,7 @@ RETRYLOOP:
 			// When it's allocated overlappingrange wide, we add it to a local reserved list
 			// And we try again.
 			if ipamConf.OverlappingRanges {
-				isallocated, err := overlappingrangestore.IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange(ctx, newip.IP)
+				isallocated, err := overlappingrangestore.IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange(ctx, newip.IP, podRef)
 				if err != nil {
 					logging.Errorf("Error checking overlappingrange allocation: %v", err)
 					return newip, err
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storage.go b/pkg/storage/storage.go
index 085cb14c5..6dd96405b 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storage.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type Store interface {
 
 // OverlappingRangeStore is an interface for wrapping overlappingrange storage options
 type OverlappingRangeStore interface {
-	IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange(ctx context.Context, ip net.IP) (bool, error)
+	IsAllocatedInOverlappingRange(ctx context.Context, ip net.IP, podRef string) (bool, error)
 	UpdateOverlappingRangeAllocation(ctx context.Context, mode int, ip net.IP, containerID string, podRef string) error
 }