diff --git a/pkg/oc/admin/migrate/migrator.go b/pkg/oc/admin/migrate/migrator.go
index 20f24d10215a..69ddb4eeb790 100644
--- a/pkg/oc/admin/migrate/migrator.go
+++ b/pkg/oc/admin/migrate/migrator.go
@@ -503,6 +503,11 @@ func DefaultRetriable(info *resource.Info, err error) error {
 		return ErrNotRetriable{err}
 	case errors.IsConflict(err):
 		if refreshErr := info.Get(); refreshErr != nil {
+			// tolerate the deletion of resources during migration
+			// report unchanged since we did not actually migrate this object
+			if isNotFoundForInfo(info, refreshErr) {
+				return ErrUnchanged
+			}
 			return ErrNotRetriable{err}
 		}
 		return ErrRetriable{err}
@@ -526,11 +531,14 @@ func isNotFoundForInfo(info *resource.Info, err error) bool {
 	if details == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	// get schema.GroupKind from the mapping since the actual object may not have type meta filled out
+	// get schema.GroupKind and Resource from the mapping since the actual object may not have type meta filled out
 	gk := info.Mapping.GroupVersionKind.GroupKind()
+	mappingResource := info.Mapping.Resource
 	// based on case-insensitive string comparisons, the error matches info iff
-	// the name and kind match
-	// the group match, but only if both the error and info specify a group
-	return strings.EqualFold(details.Name, info.Name) && strings.EqualFold(details.Kind, gk.Kind) &&
+	// the names match
+	// the error's kind matches the mapping's kind or the mapping's resource
+	// the groups match, but only if both the error and info specify a group
+	return strings.EqualFold(details.Name, info.Name) &&
+		(strings.EqualFold(details.Kind, gk.Kind) || strings.EqualFold(details.Kind, mappingResource)) &&
 		(len(details.Group) == 0 || len(gk.Group) == 0 || strings.EqualFold(details.Group, gk.Group))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/oc/admin/migrate/migrator_test.go b/pkg/oc/admin/migrate/migrator_test.go
index a8c62a392988..73826febf3f6 100644
--- a/pkg/oc/admin/migrate/migrator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/oc/admin/migrate/migrator_test.go
@@ -334,6 +334,72 @@ func TestIsNotFoundForInfo(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			want: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "case-insensitive match due to different kinds but same resource",
+			args: args{
+				info: &resource.Info{
+					Mapping: &meta.RESTMapping{
+						Resource: "KIND2",
+						GroupVersionKind: schema.GroupVersionKind{
+							Group: "group1",
+							Kind:  "kind1",
+						},
+					},
+					Name: "NOTname",
+				},
+				err: errors.NewNotFound(schema.GroupResource{
+					Group:    "GROUP1",
+					Resource: "kind2", // this is the kind
+				},
+					"notNAME",
+				),
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "case-insensitive match due to different resource but same kinds",
+			args: args{
+				info: &resource.Info{
+					Mapping: &meta.RESTMapping{
+						Resource: "kind1",
+						GroupVersionKind: schema.GroupVersionKind{
+							Group: "group1",
+							Kind:  "KIND2",
+						},
+					},
+					Name: "NOTname",
+				},
+				err: errors.NewNotFound(schema.GroupResource{
+					Group:    "GROUP1",
+					Resource: "kind2", // this is the kind
+				},
+					"notNAME",
+				),
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "case-insensitive not match due to different resource and different kinds",
+			args: args{
+				info: &resource.Info{
+					Mapping: &meta.RESTMapping{
+						Resource: "kind1",
+						GroupVersionKind: schema.GroupVersionKind{
+							Group: "group1",
+							Kind:  "kind3",
+						},
+					},
+					Name: "NOTname",
+				},
+				err: errors.NewNotFound(schema.GroupResource{
+					Group:    "GROUP1",
+					Resource: "kind2", // this is the kind
+				},
+					"notNAME",
+				),
+			},
+			want: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {