diff --git a/internal/controller/kustomization_controller.go b/internal/controller/kustomization_controller.go
index 84f43e4e..3def3efc 100644
--- a/internal/controller/kustomization_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/kustomization_controller.go
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ func (r *KustomizationReconciler) apply(ctx context.Context,
 		if changeSet != nil && len(changeSet.Entries) > 0 {
 			log.Info("server-side apply for cluster definitions completed", "output", changeSet.ToMap())
 			for _, change := range changeSet.Entries {
-				if change.Action != ssa.UnchangedAction {
+				if HasChanged(change.Action) {
 					changeSetLog.WriteString(change.String() + "\n")
 				}
 			}
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ func (r *KustomizationReconciler) apply(ctx context.Context,
 		if changeSet != nil && len(changeSet.Entries) > 0 {
 			log.Info("server-side apply for cluster class types completed", "output", changeSet.ToMap())
 			for _, change := range changeSet.Entries {
-				if change.Action != ssa.UnchangedAction {
+				if HasChanged(change.Action) {
 					changeSetLog.WriteString(change.String() + "\n")
 				}
 			}
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ func (r *KustomizationReconciler) apply(ctx context.Context,
 		if changeSet != nil && len(changeSet.Entries) > 0 {
 			log.Info("server-side apply completed", "output", changeSet.ToMap(), "revision", revision)
 			for _, change := range changeSet.Entries {
-				if change.Action != ssa.UnchangedAction {
+				if HasChanged(change.Action) {
 					changeSetLog.WriteString(change.String() + "\n")
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/internal/controller/utils.go b/internal/controller/utils.go
index b9135a30..c186fdec 100644
--- a/internal/controller/utils.go
+++ b/internal/controller/utils.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssa"
 )
 
 // MkdirTempAbs creates a tmp dir and returns the absolute path to the dir.
@@ -36,3 +38,16 @@ func MkdirTempAbs(dir, pattern string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return tmpDir, nil
 }
+
+// HasChanged evaluates the given action and returns true
+// if the action type matches a resource mutation or deletion.
+func HasChanged(action ssa.Action) bool {
+	switch action {
+	case ssa.SkippedAction:
+		return false
+	case ssa.UnchangedAction:
+		return false
+	default:
+		return true
+	}
+}