diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/structuredmerge.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/structuredmerge.go
index 0de4cdf1692..4f61099039e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/structuredmerge.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/structuredmerge.go
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ func (f *structuredMergeManager) Update(liveObj, newObj runtime.Object, managed
 	newObjTyped, err := f.typeConverter.ObjectToTyped(newObjVersioned)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Return newObj and just by-pass fields update. This really shouldn't happen.
-		klog.Errorf("[SHOULD NOT HAPPEN] failed to create typed new object: %v", err)
+		klog.Errorf("[SHOULD NOT HAPPEN] failed to create typed new object of type %v: %v", newObjVersioned.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind(), err)
 		return newObj, managed, nil
 	}
 	liveObjTyped, err := f.typeConverter.ObjectToTyped(liveObjVersioned)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Return newObj and just by-pass fields update. This really shouldn't happen.
-		klog.Errorf("[SHOULD NOT HAPPEN] failed to create typed live object: %v", err)
+		klog.Errorf("[SHOULD NOT HAPPEN] failed to create typed live object of type %v: %v", liveObjVersioned.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind(), err)
 		return newObj, managed, nil
 	}
 	apiVersion := fieldpath.APIVersion(f.groupVersion.String())