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)
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types_test.go
index fef500b53f6..f7056fa0d92 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/types_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ package cel
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/cel-go/common/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestTypes_ListType(t *testing.T) {
@@ -77,3 +80,16 @@ func testValue(t *testing.T, id int64, val interface{}) *DynValue {
 	}
 	return dv
 }
+
+func TestDeclTypeProvider_FindStructType(t *testing.T) {
+	obj := NewObjectType("foo", map[string]*DeclField{
+		"bar": NewDeclField("bar", StringType, true, nil, nil),
+	})
+	base := types.NewEmptyRegistry()
+	provider := NewDeclTypeProvider(obj)
+	provider, err := provider.WithTypeProvider(base)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	wrappedType, found := provider.FindStructType("foo")
+	require.True(t, found)
+	require.Equal(t, types.TypeKind, wrappedType.Kind())
+}