diff --git a/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller_test.go b/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller_test.go
index 48b50ea1..ba60ac3d 100644
--- a/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller_test.go
@@ -471,6 +471,34 @@ func TestCheckListsMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, checkListsMatch(oneBigOneSmall, twoFullItems))
 }
 
+func TestCheckListsMatchDiffMapLength(t *testing.T) {
+	existingObject := []interface{}{
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"containers": []interface{}{
+				map[string]interface{}{
+					"name":  "my-container",
+					"image": "quay.io/org/test:latest",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	mergedObject := []interface{}{
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"containers": []interface{}{
+				map[string]interface{}{
+					"name":  "my-container",
+					"image": "quay.io/org/test:latest",
+					"stdin": false,
+					"tty":   false,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	assert.True(t, checkListsMatch(existingObject, mergedObject))
+}
+
 func TestNestedUnsortedLists(t *testing.T) {
 	objDefYaml := `
 kind: FakeOperator
diff --git a/controllers/configurationpolicy_utils.go b/controllers/configurationpolicy_utils.go
index 51f1cb31..192520c3 100644
--- a/controllers/configurationpolicy_utils.go
+++ b/controllers/configurationpolicy_utils.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func checkListsMatch(oldVal []interface{}, mergedVal []interface{}) (m bool) {
 		case map[string]interface{}:
 			// if list contains maps, recurse on those maps to check for a match
 			if mVal, ok := mVal[idx].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-				if len(mVal) != len(oNestedVal) || !checkFieldsWithSort(mVal, oNestedVal) {
+				if !checkFieldsWithSort(mVal, oNestedVal) {
 					return false
 				}
 
diff --git a/test/resources/case12_list_compare/case12_whitespace_create.yaml b/test/resources/case12_list_compare/case12_whitespace_create.yaml
index 53cda0bf..77f28416 100644
--- a/test/resources/case12_list_compare/case12_whitespace_create.yaml
+++ b/test/resources/case12_list_compare/case12_whitespace_create.yaml
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ spec:
                   env:
                     - name: DEMO_GREETING
                       value: " \t hello with tricky whitespace \n "
+                  stdin: false
+                  tty: false