diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types.go
index 83c90c8916e..84bfd7e658b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types.go
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func (rt *DeclTypeProvider) FindStructType(typeName string) (*types.Type, bool)
 	declType, found := rt.findDeclType(typeName)
 	if found {
 		expT := declType.CelType()
-		return expT, found
+		return types.NewTypeTypeWithParam(expT), found
 	}
 	return rt.typeProvider.FindStructType(typeName)
 }