diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
index 5b464e1503a..c92a3d0d3ed 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy.go
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ func applySchedulingGatedCondition(pod *api.Pod) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	pod.Status.Conditions = append(pod.Status.Conditions, api.PodCondition{
+	podutil.UpdatePodCondition(&pod.Status, &api.PodCondition{
 		Type:    api.PodScheduled,
 		Status:  api.ConditionFalse,
 		Reason:  apiv1.PodReasonSchedulingGated,
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
index e25169745b5..6813ac58ab2 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
@@ -353,7 +353,10 @@ func TestSchedulingGatedCondition(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got); diff != "" {
+			if got.LastTransitionTime.IsZero() && got.Type != "" {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected empty LastTransitionTime in condition")
+			}
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(api.PodCondition{}, "LastTransitionTime")); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected field errors (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})