diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/mapper.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/mapper.go
index 5888a8364d9..a613d1c5978 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/mapper.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/mapper.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (m *Mapper) InfoForData(data []byte, source string) (*Info, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse %q: %v", source, err)
 	}
 	data = json
-	version, kind, err := m.DataVersionAndKind(data)
+	version, kind, err := runtime.UnstructuredJSONScheme.DataVersionAndKind(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get type info from %q: %v", source, err)
 	}