Operator generates "Object 'Kind' is missing in 'null'" error messages

{
    "level": "error",
    "ts": 1616691655.0895722,
    "logger": "controller-runtime.controller",
    "msg": "Reconciler error",
    "controller": "servicemeshcontrolplane-controller",
    "request": "ossm/basic",
    "error": "Object 'Kind' is missing in 'null'",
    "errorCauses": [
        {
            "error": "Object 'Kind' is missing in 'null'"
        },
        {
            "error": "Object 'Kind' is missing in 'null'"
        }
    ],
    "stacktrace":
"github.com/go-logr/zapr.(*zapLogger).Error
    /builddir/build/BUILD/servicemesh-operator-2.1.0/vendor/github.com/go-logr/zapr/zapr.go: 128
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler
    /builddir/build/BUILD/servicemesh-operator-2.1.0/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go: 258
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem
    /builddir/build/BUILD/servicemesh-operator-2.1.0/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go: 232
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).worker
    /builddir/build/BUILD/servicemesh-operator-2.1.0/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go: 211
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.BackoffUntil.func1
    /builddir/build/BUILD/servicemesh-operator-2.1.0/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go: 155
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.BackoffUntil
    /builddir/build/BUILD/servicemesh-operator-2.1.0/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go: 156
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.JitterUntil
    /builddir/build/BUILD/servicemesh-operator-2.1.0/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go: 133
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait.Until
    /builddir/build/BUILD/servicemesh-operator-2.1.0/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait/wait.go: 90"
}

apiVersion: maistra.io/v2
kind: ServiceMeshControlPlane
metadata: 
  name: basic
  namespace: ossm
spec: 
  runtime: 
    defaults: 
      container: 
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        imageRegistry: quay.io/bison
        imageTag: dev
    components: 
      pilot: 
        container: 
          imagePullPolicy: Always
          imageRegistry: quay.io/bison
          imageName: pilot
          imageTag: dev
  addons: 
    grafana: 
      enabled: false
    jaeger: 
      install: 
        storage: 
          type: Memory
    kiali: 
      enabled: false
    prometheus: 
      enabled: false
  # policy: 
  #   type: Istiod
  profiles: 
  - default
  # telemetry: 
  #   type: Istiod
  tracing: 
    sampling: 10000
    type: Jaeger
  version: v2.1