diff --git a/virtualcluster/pkg/apis/tenancy/v1alpha1/virtualcluster_types.go b/virtualcluster/pkg/apis/tenancy/v1alpha1/virtualcluster_types.go
index b5286179..a29981ed 100644
--- a/virtualcluster/pkg/apis/tenancy/v1alpha1/virtualcluster_types.go
+++ b/virtualcluster/pkg/apis/tenancy/v1alpha1/virtualcluster_types.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ type VirtualClusterStatus struct {
 	// +optional
 	ClusterNamespace string `json:"clusterNamespace,omitempty"`
 
-	// A human readable message indicating details about why the cluster is in
+	// A human-readable message indicating details about why the cluster is in
 	// this condition.
 	// +optional
 	Message string `json:"message"`
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ type ClusterCondition struct {
 
 	// Last time the condition transitioned from one status to another.
 	// +optional
-	LastTransitionTime metav1.Time `json:"lastTransitionTime,omitempty"`
+	LastTransitionTime *metav1.Time `json:"lastTransitionTime,omitempty"`
 
 	// Unique, one-word, CamelCase reason for the condition's last transition.
 	// +optional
diff --git a/virtualcluster/pkg/apis/tenancy/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/virtualcluster/pkg/apis/tenancy/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index e4063860..3caeab3b 100644
--- a/virtualcluster/pkg/apis/tenancy/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/virtualcluster/pkg/apis/tenancy/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ import (
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *ClusterCondition) DeepCopyInto(out *ClusterCondition) {
 	*out = *in
-	in.LastTransitionTime.DeepCopyInto(&out.LastTransitionTime)
+	if in.LastTransitionTime != nil {
+		in, out := &in.LastTransitionTime, &out.LastTransitionTime
+		*out = (*in).DeepCopy()
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new ClusterCondition.
diff --git a/virtualcluster/pkg/controller/util/kube/util.go b/virtualcluster/pkg/controller/util/kube/util.go
index a822f6ad..c7f35009 100644
--- a/virtualcluster/pkg/controller/util/kube/util.go
+++ b/virtualcluster/pkg/controller/util/kube/util.go
@@ -172,9 +172,10 @@ func SetVCStatus(vc *tenancyv1alpha1.VirtualCluster, phase tenancyv1alpha1.Clust
 	vc.Status.Message = message
 	vc.Status.Reason = reason
 	vc.Status.Conditions = append(vc.Status.Conditions, tenancyv1alpha1.ClusterCondition{
-		LastTransitionTime: metav1.NewTime(time.Now()),
+		LastTransitionTime: &metav1.Time{Time: time.Now()},
 		Reason:             reason,
 		Message:            message,
+		Status:             corev1.ConditionTrue,
 	})
 }