diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-apiextensions-server/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-apiextensions-server/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
index 6c9edef0b35..b1a54060024 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-apiextensions-server/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-apiextensions-server/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (c completedConfig) New(delegationTarget genericapiserver.DelegationTarget)
 		groupDiscoveryHandler,
 		s.GenericAPIServer.RequestContextMapper(),
 		customResourceInformers.Apiextensions().InternalVersion().CustomResources().Lister(),
-		delegationTarget.UnprotectedHandler(),
+		delegateHandler,
 		c.CustomResourceRESTOptionsGetter,
 		c.GenericConfig.AdmissionControl,
 	)