diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter.go b/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter.go
index 1d42944d3e9..5295b5e673c 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter.go
@@ -274,20 +274,18 @@ func Compare(storageObj, legacyObj runtime.Object) bool {
 	if storageObj == nil || legacyObj == nil {
 		return storageObj == nil && legacyObj == nil
 	}
-	return bytes.Equal(removeMeta(storageObj), removeMeta(legacyObj))
+	return bytes.Equal(extractSpec(storageObj), extractSpec(legacyObj))
 }
 
-func removeMeta(obj runtime.Object) []byte {
+func extractSpec(obj runtime.Object) []byte {
 	cpy := obj.DeepCopyObject()
 	unstObj, err := defaultConverter.ToUnstructured(cpy)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	// we don't want to compare meta fields
-	delete(unstObj, "metadata")
-	delete(unstObj, "objectMeta")
 
-	jsonObj, err := json.Marshal(unstObj)
+	// we just want to compare the spec field
+	jsonObj, err := json.Marshal(unstObj["spec"])
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter_test.go
index 4758dc6e3a3..198d66fa028 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/rest/dualwriter_test.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func TestSetDualWritingMode(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCompare(t *testing.T) {
 	var exampleObjGen1 = &example.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Generation: 1}, Spec: example.PodSpec{Hostname: "one"}, Status: example.PodStatus{StartTime: &metav1.Time{Time: time.Unix(0, 0)}}}
 	var exampleObjGen2 = &example.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Generation: 2}, Spec: example.PodSpec{Hostname: "one"}, Status: example.PodStatus{StartTime: &metav1.Time{Time: time.Unix(0, 0)}}}
+	var exampleObjGen3 = &example.Pod{TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: "pod", APIVersion: "pods/v0"}, ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Generation: 2}, Spec: example.PodSpec{Hostname: "one"}, Status: example.PodStatus{StartTime: &metav1.Time{Time: time.Unix(0, 0)}}}
 	var exampleObjDifferentTitle = &example.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Generation: 2}, Spec: example.PodSpec{Hostname: "two"}, Status: example.PodStatus{StartTime: &metav1.Time{Time: time.Unix(0, 0)}}}
 
 	testCase := []struct {
@@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ func TestCompare(t *testing.T) {
 			input2:   exampleObjGen2,
 			expected: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "should return true when objects are the same, but different TypeMeta (kind and apiversion)",
+			input1:   exampleObjGen1,
+			input2:   exampleObjGen3,
+			expected: true,
+		},
 		{
 			name:     "should return false when objects are different",
 			input1:   exampleObjGen1,