diff --git a/pkg/admission/mutator/webhook.go b/pkg/admission/mutator/webhook.go
index 45c86c713..4be87804e 100644
--- a/pkg/admission/mutator/webhook.go
+++ b/pkg/admission/mutator/webhook.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	extensionswebhook "github.com/gardener/gardener/extensions/pkg/webhook"
 	gardencorev1beta1 "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/apis/core/v1beta1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ func New(mgr manager.Manager) (*extensionswebhook.Webhook, error) {
 		Path:     "/webhooks/mutate",
 		Mutators: map[extensionswebhook.Mutator][]extensionswebhook.Type{
 			NewShootMutator(mgr):                  {{Obj: &gardencorev1beta1.Shoot{}}},
-			NewNamespacedCloudProfileMutator(mgr): {{Obj: &gardencorev1beta1.NamespacedCloudProfile{}}},
+			NewNamespacedCloudProfileMutator(mgr): {{Obj: &gardencorev1beta1.NamespacedCloudProfile{}, Subresource: ptr.To("status")}},
 		},
 		Target: extensionswebhook.TargetSeed,
 		ObjectSelector: &metav1.LabelSelector{