diff --git a/internal/discovery/discovery.go b/internal/discovery/discovery.go
index 7e1f16290..d2c5af728 100644
--- a/internal/discovery/discovery.go
+++ b/internal/discovery/discovery.go
@@ -127,23 +127,20 @@ func (r *CRDiscoverer) ResolveGVKToGVKPs(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind) (resolvedG
 	hasKind := k != "" && k != "*"
 	// No need to resolve, return.
 	if hasVersion && hasKind {
-		var p string
 		for _, el := range r.Map[g][v] {
 			if el.Kind == k {
-				p = el.Plural
-				break
+				return []groupVersionKindPlural{
+					{
+						GroupVersionKind: schema.GroupVersionKind{
+							Group:   g,
+							Version: v,
+							Kind:    k,
+						},
+						Plural: el.Plural,
+					},
+				}, nil
 			}
 		}
-		return []groupVersionKindPlural{
-			{
-				GroupVersionKind: schema.GroupVersionKind{
-					Group:   g,
-					Version: v,
-					Kind:    k,
-				},
-				Plural: p,
-			},
-		}, nil
 	}
 	if hasVersion && !hasKind {
 		kinds := r.Map[g][v]
diff --git a/internal/discovery/discovery_test.go b/internal/discovery/discovery_test.go
index 1466ce299..3097e72ef 100644
--- a/internal/discovery/discovery_test.go
+++ b/internal/discovery/discovery_test.go
@@ -163,6 +163,74 @@ func TestGVKMapsResolveGVK(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			desc: "fixed version and kind, no matching cache entry",
+			gvkmaps: &CRDiscoverer{
+				Map: map[string]map[string][]kindPlural{
+					"testgroup": {
+						"v1": {
+							kindPlural{
+								Kind:   "TestObject2",
+								Plural: "testobjects2",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			gvk:  schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "testgroup", Version: "v1", Kind: "TestObject1"},
+			want: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "variable version, no matching cache entry",
+			gvkmaps: &CRDiscoverer{
+				Map: map[string]map[string][]kindPlural{
+					"testgroup-1": {
+						"v1alpha1": {
+							kindPlural{
+								Kind:   "TestObject1",
+								Plural: "testobjects1",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			gvk:  schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "testgroup", Version: "*", Kind: "TestObject1"},
+			want: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "variable kind, no matching cache entry",
+			gvkmaps: &CRDiscoverer{
+				Map: map[string]map[string][]kindPlural{
+					"testgroup": {
+						"v1alpha1": {
+							kindPlural{
+								Kind:   "TestObject1",
+								Plural: "testobjects1",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			gvk:  schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "testgroup", Version: "v1", Kind: "*"},
+			want: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "variable version and kind, no matching cache entry",
+			gvkmaps: &CRDiscoverer{
+				Map: map[string]map[string][]kindPlural{
+					"testgroup-1": {
+						"v1alpha1": {
+							kindPlural{
+								Kind:   "TestObject1",
+								Plural: "testobjects1",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			gvk:  schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "testgroup", Version: "*", Kind: "*"},
+			want: nil,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testcases {
 		got, err := tc.gvkmaps.ResolveGVKToGVKPs(tc.gvk)