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diff --git a/pkg/instancetype/instancetype.go b/pkg/instancetype/instancetype.go
index 641567acf..539c6bd3a 100644
--- a/pkg/instancetype/instancetype.go
+++ b/pkg/instancetype/instancetype.go
@@ -59,8 +59,31 @@ func GetRevisionName(vmName, resourceName string, resourceUID types.UID, resourc
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s-%d", vmName, resourceName, resourceUID, resourceGeneration)
 }
 
+// addTypeInformationToObject adds TypeMeta information to a runtime.Object based upon the loaded scheme.Scheme
+// inspired by: https://github.com/kubernetes/cli-runtime/blob/v0.19.2/pkg/printers/typesetter.go#L41
+func addTypeInformationToObject(obj runtime.Object) error {
+	gvks, _, err := generatedscheme.Scheme.ObjectKinds(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("missing apiVersion or kind and cannot assign it; %w", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, gvk := range gvks {
+		if len(gvk.Kind) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(gvk.Version) == 0 || gvk.Version == runtime.APIVersionInternal {
+			continue
+		}
+		obj.GetObjectKind().SetGroupVersionKind(gvk)
+		break
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func CreateControllerRevision(vm *virtv1.VirtualMachine, object runtime.Object) *appsv1.ControllerRevision {
 	objCopy := object.DeepCopyObject()
+	addTypeInformationToObject(objCopy)
 
 	metaObj := objCopy.(metav1.Object)
 	revisionName := GetRevisionName(vm.Name, metaObj.GetName(), metaObj.GetUID(), metaObj.GetGeneration())
@@ -249,13 +272,8 @@ func storeRevision(revision *appsv1.ControllerRevision, clientset kubecli.Kubevi
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get ControllerRevision: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		decodedObj, err := runtime.Decode(generatedscheme.Codecs.UniversalDeserializer(), existingRevision.Data.Raw)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode object in ControllerRevision: %w", err)
-		}
-
 		// If the data between the two differs return an error, otherwise continue and store the name below.
-		if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(decodedObj, revision.Data.Object) {
+		if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(existingRevision.Data.Object, revision.Data.Object) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("found existing ControllerRevision with unexpected data: %s", revision.Name)
 		}
 		return existingRevision, nil