diff --git a/staging/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go b/staging/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go
index 10d3187096..ce51163853 100644
--- a/staging/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go
+++ b/staging/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go
@@ -2242,22 +2242,23 @@ func validateExistingCRs(dynamicClient dynamic.Interface, gr schema.GroupResourc
 			return fmt.Errorf("error creating validator for schema version %s: %s", version, err)
 		}
 		gvr := schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: gr.Group, Version: version, Resource: gr.Resource}
+
 		pager := pager.New(pager.SimplePageFunc(func(opts metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
 			return dynamicClient.Resource(gvr).List(context.TODO(), opts)
 		}))
 		validationFn := func(obj runtime.Object) error {
-			err = validation.ValidateCustomResource(field.NewPath(""), obj, validator).ToAggregate()
+			// lister will only provide unstructured objects as runtime.Object, so this should never fail to convert
+			// if it does, it's a programming error
+			cr := obj.(*unstructured.Unstructured)
+			err = validation.ValidateCustomResource(field.NewPath(""), *cr, validator).ToAggregate()
 			if err != nil {
-				// lister will only provide unstructured objects as runtime.Object, so this should never fail to convert
-				// if it does, it's a programming error
-				cr := obj.(*unstructured.Unstructured)
 				var namespacedName string
 				if cr.GetNamespace() == "" {
 					namespacedName = cr.GetName()
 				} else {
 					namespacedName = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", cr.GetNamespace(), cr.GetName())
 				}
-				return validationError{fmt.Errorf("error validating %s %q: updated validation is too restrictive: %v", cr.GroupVersionKind(), namespacedName, err)}
+				return validationError{fmt.Errorf("JEK: error validating %s %q: updated validation is too restrictive: %v", cr.GroupVersionKind(), namespacedName, err)}
 			}
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go b/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go
index 10d3187096..ce51163853 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go
@@ -2242,22 +2242,23 @@ func validateExistingCRs(dynamicClient dynamic.Interface, gr schema.GroupResourc
 			return fmt.Errorf("error creating validator for schema version %s: %s", version, err)
 		}
 		gvr := schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: gr.Group, Version: version, Resource: gr.Resource}
+
 		pager := pager.New(pager.SimplePageFunc(func(opts metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
 			return dynamicClient.Resource(gvr).List(context.TODO(), opts)
 		}))
 		validationFn := func(obj runtime.Object) error {
-			err = validation.ValidateCustomResource(field.NewPath(""), obj, validator).ToAggregate()
+			// lister will only provide unstructured objects as runtime.Object, so this should never fail to convert
+			// if it does, it's a programming error
+			cr := obj.(*unstructured.Unstructured)
+			err = validation.ValidateCustomResource(field.NewPath(""), *cr, validator).ToAggregate()
 			if err != nil {
-				// lister will only provide unstructured objects as runtime.Object, so this should never fail to convert
-				// if it does, it's a programming error
-				cr := obj.(*unstructured.Unstructured)
 				var namespacedName string
 				if cr.GetNamespace() == "" {
 					namespacedName = cr.GetName()
 				} else {
 					namespacedName = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", cr.GetNamespace(), cr.GetName())
 				}
-				return validationError{fmt.Errorf("error validating %s %q: updated validation is too restrictive: %v", cr.GroupVersionKind(), namespacedName, err)}
+				return validationError{fmt.Errorf("JEK: error validating %s %q: updated validation is too restrictive: %v", cr.GroupVersionKind(), namespacedName, err)}
 			}
 			return nil
 		}