diff --git a/provider/pkg/gen/schema.go b/provider/pkg/gen/schema.go
index 1fdc38eb02..99def6acee 100644
--- a/provider/pkg/gen/schema.go
+++ b/provider/pkg/gen/schema.go
@@ -366,7 +366,16 @@ func PulumiSchema(swagger map[string]any, opts ...schemaGeneratorOption) pschema
 			for _, kind := range version.Kinds() {
 				tok := fmt.Sprintf(`kubernetes:%s:%s`, kind.apiVersion, kind.kind)
 				var patchTok string
-				if !strings.HasSuffix(kind.kind, "List") {
+
+				containsItems := false
+				for _, prop := range kind.Properties() {
+					if prop.name == "items" {
+						containsItems = true
+						break
+					}
+				}
+
+				if !(strings.HasSuffix(kind.kind, "List") && containsItems) {
 					patchTok = fmt.Sprintf("%sPatch", tok)
 				}