diff --git a/pkg/controller/redis/object_generator.go b/pkg/controller/redis/object_generator.go
index 3c7b37b4..c28c10d1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/redis/object_generator.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/redis/object_generator.go
@@ -458,7 +458,10 @@ func statefulSetUpdateNeeded(got, want *appsv1.StatefulSet) (needed bool) {
 		needed = true
 	}
 
-	if !deepContains(got.Spec.Template, want.Spec.Template) || (got.Annotations[hashAnnotationKey] != want.Annotations[hashAnnotationKey]) {
+	// compare container resources explicitly. They escape the deepContains comparison because of private fields.
+	if !deepContains(got.Spec.Template, want.Spec.Template) ||
+		got.Annotations[hashAnnotationKey] != want.Annotations[hashAnnotationKey] ||
+		!resourceRequirementsEqual(got.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers, want.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers) {
 		got.Spec.Template = want.Spec.Template
 		needed = true
 	}
@@ -509,3 +512,17 @@ func hashObject(object k8sruntime.Object) (string, error) {
 
 	return hex.EncodeToString(hash.Sum(nil)), nil
 }
+
+func resourceRequirementsEqual(got, want []corev1.Container) bool {
+	if len(got) < len(want) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i := range want {
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got[i].Resources, want[i].Resources) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/redis/redis_controller.go b/pkg/controller/redis/redis_controller.go
index 689f52c4..c3f8bb44 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/redis/redis_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/redis/redis_controller.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (reconciler *ReconcileRedis) Reconcile(request reconcile.Request) (reconcil
 		if result, err := reconciler.createOrUpdate(ctx, object, redisObject, options); err != nil {
 			return reconcile.Result{}, err
 		} else if result.Requeue {
-			logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Applied %#v", object))
+			logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Applied %T", object))
 			return result, nil
 		}
 	}