diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/validation/validation.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/validation/validation.go
index 3df56bc9bbe..970a6519c1a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/validation/validation.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/validation/validation.go
@@ -808,13 +808,13 @@ func ValidateCustomResourceSelectableFields(selectableFields []apiextensions.Sel
 			continue
 		}
 		if path.Root().String() == "metadata" {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(indexFldPath, selectableField.JSONPath, "must not point to fields in metadata"))
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(indexFldPath.Child("jsonPath"), selectableField.JSONPath, "must not point to fields in metadata"))
 		}
 		if !allowedSelectableFieldSchema(foundSchema) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(indexFldPath, selectableField.JSONPath, "must point to a field of type string, boolean or integer. Enum string fields and strings with formats are allowed."))
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(indexFldPath.Child("jsonPath"), selectableField.JSONPath, "must point to a field of type string, boolean or integer. Enum string fields and strings with formats are allowed."))
 		}
 		if uniqueSelectableFields.Has(path.String()) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Duplicate(indexFldPath, selectableField.JSONPath))
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Duplicate(indexFldPath.Child("jsonPath"), selectableField.JSONPath))
 		} else {
 			uniqueSelectableFields.Insert(path.String())
 		}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/validation/validation_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/validation/validation_test.go
index d3520681f22..760a37edc3d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -4429,9 +4429,9 @@ func TestSelectableFields(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			errors: []validationMatch{
-				invalid("spec", "versions[0]", "selectableFields[1]"),
-				invalid("spec", "versions[1]", "selectableFields[0]"),
-				invalid("spec", "versions[1]", "selectableFields[2]"),
+				invalid("spec", "versions[0]", "selectableFields[1].jsonPath"),
+				invalid("spec", "versions[1]", "selectableFields[0].jsonPath"),
+				invalid("spec", "versions[1]", "selectableFields[2].jsonPath"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -4474,7 +4474,7 @@ func TestSelectableFields(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			errors: []validationMatch{
-				invalid("spec", "selectableFields[1]"),
+				invalid("spec", "selectableFields[1].jsonPath"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -4520,8 +4520,8 @@ func TestSelectableFields(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			errors: []validationMatch{
-				invalid("spec", "versions[0]", "selectableFields[1]"),
-				invalid("spec", "versions[1]", "selectableFields[0]"),
+				invalid("spec", "versions[0]", "selectableFields[1].jsonPath"),
+				invalid("spec", "versions[1]", "selectableFields[0].jsonPath"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -4567,8 +4567,8 @@ func TestSelectableFields(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			errors: []validationMatch{
-				duplicate("spec", "versions[0]", "selectableFields[1]"),
-				duplicate("spec", "versions[1]", "selectableFields[1]"),
+				duplicate("spec", "versions[0]", "selectableFields[1].jsonPath"),
+				duplicate("spec", "versions[1]", "selectableFields[1].jsonPath"),
 			},
 		},
 		{