diff --git a/controllers/snapshot/snapshot_controller.go b/controllers/snapshot/snapshot_controller.go
index cb86e8106..4dd43ad5d 100644
--- a/controllers/snapshot/snapshot_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/snapshot/snapshot_controller.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package snapshot
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/redhat-appstudio/integration-service/cache"
 
@@ -90,11 +91,28 @@ func (r *Reconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Resu
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
 
-	application, err := loader.GetApplicationFromSnapshot(r.Client, ctx, snapshot)
+	var application *applicationapiv1alpha1.Application
+	err = retry.OnError(retry.DefaultRetry, func(_ error) bool { return true }, func() error {
+		application, err = loader.GetApplicationFromSnapshot(r.Client, ctx, snapshot)
+		return err
+	})
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "Failed to get Application from the Snapshot")
-		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			if !gitops.IsSnapshotMarkedAsInvalid(snapshot) {
+				_, err := gitops.MarkSnapshotAsInvalid(r.Client, ctx, snapshot,
+					fmt.Sprintf("The application %s owning this snapshot doesn't exist, try again after creating application", snapshot.Spec.Application))
+				if err != nil {
+					logger.Error(err, "Failed to update the status to Invalid for the snapshot",
+						"snapshot.Namespace", snapshot.Namespace, "snapshot.Name", snapshot.Name)
+					return ctrl.Result{}, err
+				}
+				logger.Info("Snapshot integration status condition marked as invalid, the application owning this snapshot cannot be found",
+					"snapshot.Namespace", snapshot.Namespace, "snapshot.Name", snapshot.Name)
+			}
+		}
+		return helpers.HandleLoaderError(logger, err, "Application", "Snapshot")
 	}
+
 	logger = logger.WithApp(*application)
 
 	var component *applicationapiv1alpha1.Component
diff --git a/controllers/snapshot/snapshot_controller_test.go b/controllers/snapshot/snapshot_controller_test.go
index 6becb8642..93051b0ff 100644
--- a/controllers/snapshot/snapshot_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/snapshot/snapshot_controller_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package snapshot
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
+	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 
@@ -184,6 +185,29 @@ var _ = Describe("SnapshotController", func() {
 		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 	})
 
+	It("Does not return an error if the application cannot be found", func() {
+		err := k8sClient.Delete(ctx, hasApp)
+		Eventually(func() bool {
+			err := k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{
+				Namespace: hasApp.ObjectMeta.Namespace,
+				Name:      hasApp.ObjectMeta.Name,
+			}, hasApp)
+			return err != nil
+		}).Should(BeTrue())
+		Expect(err == nil || errors.IsNotFound(err)).To(BeTrue())
+
+		result, err := snapshotReconciler.Reconcile(ctx, req)
+		Expect(result).To(Equal(ctrl.Result{}))
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		Eventually(func() bool {
+			err := k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{
+				Namespace: hasSnapshot.Namespace,
+				Name:      hasSnapshot.Name,
+			}, hasSnapshot)
+			return err == nil && gitops.IsSnapshotMarkedAsInvalid(hasSnapshot)
+		}, time.Second*20).Should(BeTrue())
+	})
+
 	It("can setup the cache by adding a new index field to search for ReleasePlanAdmissions", func() {
 		err := setupCache(manager)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())