From 9465df8794f1f09b26bb645153e263511440876b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Shepherd <darren@rancher.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 14:05:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Don't blank out object on failed status update

---
 pkg/controller-gen/generators/type_go.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/controller-gen/generators/type_go.go b/pkg/controller-gen/generators/type_go.go
index 5837b9d0..e5bae94f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller-gen/generators/type_go.go
+++ b/pkg/controller-gen/generators/type_go.go
@@ -375,10 +375,13 @@ func (a *{{.lowerName}}StatusHandler) sync(key string, obj *{{.version}}.{{.type
 
 		var newErr error
 		obj.Status = newStatus
-		obj, newErr = a.client.UpdateStatus(obj)
+		newObj, newErr := a.client.UpdateStatus(obj)
 		if err == nil {
 			err = newErr
 		}
+		if newErr == nil {
+			obj = newObj
+		}
 	}
 	return obj, err
 }