diff --git a/pkg/master/BUILD b/pkg/master/BUILD
index c46d692a45b..ea530b5af0a 100644
--- a/pkg/master/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/master/BUILD
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/storage/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/storage/v1alpha1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/storage/v1beta1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/master/client_ca_hook.go b/pkg/master/client_ca_hook.go
index e8a52dd9951..07de81d9568 100644
--- a/pkg/master/client_ca_hook.go
+++ b/pkg/master/client_ca_hook.go
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ package master
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"time"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func writeConfigMap(client corev1client.ConfigMapsGetter, name string, data map[
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(existing.Data, data) {
+	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(existing.Data, data) {
 		existing.Data = data
 		_, err = client.ConfigMaps(metav1.NamespaceSystem).Update(existing)
 	}