diff --git a/internal/provider/kubernetes/status.go b/internal/provider/kubernetes/status.go
index c13b645ac07c..ad9980395bd8 100644
--- a/internal/provider/kubernetes/status.go
+++ b/internal/provider/kubernetes/status.go
@@ -583,22 +583,23 @@ func (r *gatewayAPIReconciler) updateStatusForGatewayClass(
 			NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{Name: gc.Name},
 			Resource:       &gwapiv1.GatewayClass{},
 			Mutator: MutatorFunc(func(obj client.Object) bool {
-				gcs, ok := obj.(*gwapiv1.GatewayClass)
+				gc, ok := obj.(*gwapiv1.GatewayClass)
 				if !ok {
 					panic(fmt.Sprintf("unsupported object type %T", obj))
 				}
 
-				// if isStatusEqual(gcs.Status.Conditions, gc.Status.Conditions) {
-				// 	return true
-				// }
+				gcp := status.SetGatewayClassAccepted(gc.DeepCopy(), accepted, reason, msg)
+				if isStatusEqual(gcp.Status, gc.Status) {
+					return true
+				}
 
-				gcs.Status.Conditions = status.SetGatewayClassAccepted(gc, accepted, reason, msg).Status.Conditions
+				gc.Status = gcp.Status
 				return false
 			}),
 		})
 	} else {
 		// this branch makes testing easier by not going through the status.Updater.
-		duplicate := status.SetGatewayClassAccepted(gc, accepted, reason, msg)
+		duplicate := status.SetGatewayClassAccepted(gc.DeepCopy(), accepted, reason, msg)
 
 		if err := r.client.Status().Update(ctx, duplicate); err != nil && !kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error updating status of gatewayclass %s: %w", duplicate.Name, err)