diff --git a/internal/util/ssa/patch.go b/internal/util/ssa/patch.go
index 4f90d5e043b2..ad34c58964fc 100644
--- a/internal/util/ssa/patch.go
+++ b/internal/util/ssa/patch.go
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ func Patch(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, fieldManager string, modified c
 		return err
 	}
 
+	gvk, err := apiutil.GVKForObject(modifiedUnstructured, c.Scheme())
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to apply object: failed to get GroupVersionKind of modified object %s", klog.KObj(modifiedUnstructured))
+	}
+
 	var requestIdentifier string
 	if options.WithCachingProxy {
 		// Check if the request is cached.
@@ -88,15 +93,12 @@ func Patch(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, fieldManager string, modified c
 			if err := c.Scheme().Convert(options.Original, modified, ctx); err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to write original into modified object")
 			}
+			// Recover gvk e.g. for logging.
+			modified.GetObjectKind().SetGroupVersionKind(gvk)
 			return nil
 		}
 	}
 
-	gvk, err := apiutil.GVKForObject(modifiedUnstructured, c.Scheme())
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to apply object: failed to get GroupVersionKind of modified object %s", klog.KObj(modifiedUnstructured))
-	}
-
 	patchOptions := []client.PatchOption{
 		client.ForceOwnership,
 		client.FieldOwner(fieldManager),
@@ -110,6 +112,9 @@ func Patch(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, fieldManager string, modified c
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to write modified object")
 	}
 
+	// Recover gvk e.g. for logging.
+	modified.GetObjectKind().SetGroupVersionKind(gvk)
+
 	if options.WithCachingProxy {
 		// If the SSA call did not update the object, add the request to the cache.
 		if options.Original.GetResourceVersion() == modifiedUnstructured.GetResourceVersion() {
diff --git a/internal/util/ssa/patch_test.go b/internal/util/ssa/patch_test.go
index e7b89e1cef67..dbb2d4ea0b86 100644
--- a/internal/util/ssa/patch_test.go
+++ b/internal/util/ssa/patch_test.go
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ func TestPatch(t *testing.T) {
 		// 1. Create the object
 		createObject := initialObject.DeepCopy()
 		g.Expect(Patch(ctx, env.GetClient(), fieldManager, createObject)).To(Succeed())
+		// Verify that gvk is still set
+		g.Expect(createObject.GroupVersionKind()).To(Equal(initialObject.GroupVersionKind()))
 		// Note: We have to patch the status here to explicitly set these two status fields.
 		// If we don't do it the Machine defaulting webhook will try to set the two fields to false.
 		// For an unknown reason this will happen with the 2nd update call (3.) below and not before.
@@ -154,6 +156,8 @@ func TestPatch(t *testing.T) {
 		g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 		// Update the object
 		g.Expect(Patch(ctx, env.GetClient(), fieldManager, modifiedObject, WithCachingProxy{Cache: ssaCache, Original: originalObject})).To(Succeed())
+		// Verify that gvk is still set
+		g.Expect(modifiedObject.GroupVersionKind()).To(Equal(initialObject.GroupVersionKind()))
 		// Verify that request was not cached (as it changed the object)
 		g.Expect(ssaCache.Has(requestIdentifier)).To(BeFalse())
 
@@ -173,5 +177,7 @@ func TestPatch(t *testing.T) {
 		g.Expect(Patch(ctx, env.GetClient(), fieldManager, modifiedObject, WithCachingProxy{Cache: ssaCache, Original: originalObject})).To(Succeed())
 		// Verify that request was cached (as it did not change the object)
 		g.Expect(ssaCache.Has(requestIdentifier)).To(BeTrue())
+		// Verify that gvk is still set
+		g.Expect(modifiedObject.GroupVersionKind()).To(Equal(initialObject.GroupVersionKind()))
 	})
 }