diff --git a/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_helpers.go b/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_helpers.go
index 5925c47e5178..2b25ceab3ef8 100644
--- a/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_helpers.go
+++ b/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_helpers.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func normalizeData(resource *unstructured.Unstructured) ([][]byte, error) {
 	keys := make([]string, 0)
 	data, ok := resource.UnstructuredContent()["data"]
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, errors.New("failed to get data field from the resource")
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("failed to get data field from resource %s", klog.KObj(resource))
 	}
 
 	unstructuredData := data.(map[string]interface{})
@@ -216,8 +216,11 @@ func normalizeData(resource *unstructured.Unstructured) ([][]byte, error) {
 	dataList := make([][]byte, 0)
 	for _, key := range keys {
 		val, ok, err := unstructured.NestedString(unstructuredData, key)
-		if !ok || err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.New("failed to get value field from the resource")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "getting value for field %s in data from resource %s", key, klog.KObj(resource))
+		}
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errors.Errorf("value for field %s not present in data from resource %s", key, klog.KObj(resource))
 		}
 
 		byteArr := []byte(val)
diff --git a/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_scope.go b/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_scope.go
index e4af7ff3d2c5..a37e0bb5b1f9 100644
--- a/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_scope.go
+++ b/exp/addons/internal/controllers/clusterresourceset_scope.go
@@ -140,10 +140,9 @@ func (r *reconcileStrategyScope) applyObj(ctx context.Context, c client.Client,
 	if err = c.Patch(ctx, obj, patch); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(
 			err,
-			"patching object %s %s/%s",
+			"patching object %s %s",
 			obj.GroupVersionKind(),
-			obj.GetNamespace(),
-			obj.GetName(),
+			klog.KObj(obj),
 		)
 	}
 
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ func (r *reconcileApplyOnceScope) apply(ctx context.Context, c client.Client) er
 func (r *reconcileApplyOnceScope) applyObj(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, obj *unstructured.Unstructured) error {
 	// The create call is idempotent, so if the object already exists
 	// then do not consider it to be an error.
-	if err := createUnstructured(ctx, c, obj); !apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+	if err := createUnstructured(ctx, c, obj); err != nil && !apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil