diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
index ceb2e2de901..8c4738d02c4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func (o *GetOptions) Run(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) e
 	objs := make([]runtime.Object, len(infos))
 	for ix := range infos {
 		if o.ServerPrint {
-			table, err := o.decodeIntoTable(cmdutil.InternalVersionJSONEncoder(), infos[ix].Object)
+			table, err := o.decodeIntoTable(infos[ix].Object)
 			if err == nil {
 				infos[ix].Object = table
 			} else {
@@ -597,34 +597,28 @@ func attemptToConvertToInternal(obj runtime.Object, converter runtime.ObjectConv
 	return internalObject
 }
 
-func (o *GetOptions) decodeIntoTable(encoder runtime.Encoder, obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
+func (o *GetOptions) decodeIntoTable(obj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	if obj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().Kind != "Table" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("attempt to decode non-Table object into a v1beta1.Table")
 	}
 
-	b, err := runtime.Encode(encoder, obj)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	unstr, ok := obj.(*unstructured.Unstructured)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("attempt to decode non-Unstructured object")
 	}
-
 	table := &metav1beta1.Table{}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(b, table)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(unstr.Object, table); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	for i := range table.Rows {
 		row := &table.Rows[i]
 		if row.Object.Raw == nil || row.Object.Object != nil {
-			//if row already has Object.Object
-			//we don't change it
 			continue
 		}
-
 		converted, err := runtime.Decode(unstructured.UnstructuredJSONScheme, row.Object.Raw)
 		if err != nil {
-			//if error happens, we just continue
-			continue
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		row.Object.Object = converted
 	}