diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go
index 4ec10bc2f2a..7da41befd6b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/customresource_handler.go
@@ -1054,6 +1054,9 @@ func (r *crdHandler) getOrCreateServingInfoFor(uid types.UID, name string) (*crd
 	// resetField write all version information
 	for _, v := range crd.Spec.Versions {
 		clusterScoped := crd.Spec.Scope == apiextensionsv1.ClusterScoped
+		if requestScopes[v.Name] == nil {
+			continue
+		}
 		statusScope := *requestScopes[v.Name]
 		statusScope.Subresource = "status"
 		statusScope.Namer = handlers.ContextBasedNaming{
@@ -1069,6 +1072,9 @@ func (r *crdHandler) getOrCreateServingInfoFor(uid types.UID, name string) (*crd
 		if subresources != nil && subresources.Status != nil {
 			var statusResetFields = make(map[fieldpath.APIVersion]*fieldpath.Set)
 			for _, value := range crd.Spec.Versions {
+				if storages[value.Name].Status == nil {
+					continue
+				}
 				resetField := storages[value.Name].Status.GetResetFields()
 				for apiVersion, set := range resetField {
 					statusResetFields[apiVersion] = set
diff --git a/test/integration/apiserver/apply/reset_fields_test.go b/test/integration/apiserver/apply/reset_fields_test.go
index 86a53619e5f..bee268c58ee 100644
--- a/test/integration/apiserver/apply/reset_fields_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/apiserver/apply/reset_fields_test.go
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	apiextensionsv1beta1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1beta1"
 	apiextensionsclientset "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/client/clientset/clientset"
+	"k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/fixtures"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	apiservertesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/testing"
@@ -321,6 +324,96 @@ func TestApplyResetFields(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestUpdateStatusWithOldVersion tests that apply with resetFields works as expected.
+func TestUpdateStatusWithOldVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	server, err := apiservertesting.StartTestServer(t, apiservertesting.NewDefaultTestServerOptions(), []string{"--disable-admission-plugins", "ServiceAccount,TaintNodesByCondition"}, framework.SharedEtcd())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer server.TearDownFn()
+
+	apiExtensionClient, err := apiextensionsclientset.NewForConfig(server.ClientConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	dynamicClient, err := dynamic.NewForConfig(server.ClientConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	noxuBetaDefinition := nearlyRemovedBetaMultipleVersionNoxuCRD(apiextensionsv1beta1.ClusterScoped)
+
+	noxuDefinition, err := fixtures.CreateCRDUsingRemovedAPI(server.EtcdClient, server.EtcdStoragePrefix, noxuBetaDefinition, apiExtensionClient, dynamicClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	kind := noxuDefinition.Spec.Names.Kind
+	apiVersion := noxuDefinition.Spec.Group + "/" + noxuDefinition.Spec.Versions[1].Name
+	name := "mytest"
+
+	rest := apiExtensionClient.Discovery().RESTClient()
+	// create cr resource by v1beta1 version restful api
+	yamlBody := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`
+apiVersion: %s
+kind: %s
+metadata:
+ name: %s
+spec:
+ replicas: 1`, apiVersion, kind, name))
+	result, err := rest.Patch(types.ApplyPatchType).
+		AbsPath("/apis", noxuDefinition.Spec.Group, noxuDefinition.Spec.Versions[1].Name, noxuDefinition.Spec.Names.Plural).
+		Name(name).
+		Param("fieldManager", "apply_test").
+		Body(yamlBody).
+		DoRaw(context.TODO())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create custom resource with apply: %v:\n%v", err, string(result))
+	}
+	verifyReplicas(t, result, 1)
+
+	oldManagedFields, err := getManagedFields(result)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to get managed fields: %v", err)
+	}
+	// update sub status by v1beta2 version restful api
+	updateStatusBytes := []byte(`{
+	"status": {
+		"xx": "a"
+	}
+}`)
+	result, err = rest.Patch(types.MergePatchType).
+		AbsPath("/apis", noxuDefinition.Spec.Group, noxuDefinition.Spec.Versions[0].Name, noxuDefinition.Spec.Names.Plural).
+		SubResource("status").
+		Name(name).
+		Param("fieldManager", "subresource_test").
+		Body(updateStatusBytes).
+		DoRaw(context.TODO())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error updating subresource: %v ", err)
+	}
+	newManagedFields, err := getManagedFields(result)
+	// newManagedFields should include oldManagedFields
+	var applyManagerFound, subresourceManagerFound bool
+	for i, field := range newManagedFields {
+		if field.Manager == "apply_test" {
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(newManagedFields[i], oldManagedFields[0]) {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected managed fields to not have changed when trying manually setting them via subresoures.\n\nExpected: %#v\n\nGot: %#v", oldManagedFields[0], newManagedFields[i])
+			}
+			applyManagerFound = true
+		}
+		if field.Manager == "subresource_test" {
+			subresourceManagerFound = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !applyManagerFound {
+		t.Errorf("expected field manager 'apply_test' to be present in newManagedFields")
+	}
+	if !subresourceManagerFound {
+		t.Errorf("expected field manager 'subresource_test' to be present in newManagedFields")
+	}
+
+}
+
 func expectConflict(objRet *unstructured.Unstructured, err error, dynamicClient dynamic.Interface, resource schema.GroupVersionResource, namespace, name string) error {
 	if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "conflict") {
 		return nil