diff --git a/pkg/api/testing/validation.go b/pkg/api/testing/validation.go
index 358966daa37..6bdd76c48b0 100644
--- a/pkg/api/testing/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/api/testing/validation.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/randfill"
 )
 
 // ValidateFunc is a function that runs validation.
@@ -89,6 +90,13 @@ func VerifyVersionedValidationEquivalence(t *testing.T, obj, old runtime.Object,
 	if internalObj == nil {
 		return
 	}
+	// We do fuzzing on the internal version of the object.
+	// This is because custom fuzzing function are only
+	// supported for internal objects.
+	// Fuzz the internal object if a fuzzer is provided.
+	if opts.Fuzzer != nil {
+		opts.Fuzzer.Fill(internalObj)
+	}
 	if old == nil {
 		runtimetest.RunValidationForEachVersion(t, legacyscheme.Scheme, []string{}, internalObj, accumulate, opts.IgnoreObjectConversionErrors, opts.SubResources...)
 	} else {
@@ -101,6 +109,10 @@ func VerifyVersionedValidationEquivalence(t *testing.T, obj, old runtime.Object,
 		if internalOld == nil {
 			return
 		}
+		// Fuzz the internal old object if a fuzzer is provided.
+		if opts.Fuzzer != nil {
+			opts.Fuzzer.Fill(internalOld)
+		}
 		runtimetest.RunUpdateValidationForEachVersion(t, legacyscheme.Scheme, []string{}, internalObj, internalOld, accumulate, opts.IgnoreObjectConversionErrors, opts.SubResources...)
 	}
 
@@ -206,6 +218,9 @@ type validationOption struct {
 	// IgnoreObjectConversions skips the tests if the conversion from the internal object
 	// to the versioned object fails.
 	IgnoreObjectConversionErrors bool
+
+	// Fuzzer is the fuzzer to use for generating test objects.
+	Fuzzer *randfill.Filler
 }
 
 func WithSubResources(subResources ...string) ValidationTestConfig {
@@ -226,6 +241,12 @@ func WithIgnoreObjectConversionErrors() ValidationTestConfig {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithFuzzer(fuzzer *randfill.Filler) ValidationTestConfig {
+	return func(o *validationOption) {
+		o.Fuzzer = fuzzer
+	}
+}
+
 // VerifyValidationEquivalence provides a helper for testing the migration from
 // hand-written imperative validation to declarative validation. It ensures that
 // the validation logic remains consistent before and after the feature is enabled.
diff --git a/pkg/api/testing/validation_test.go b/pkg/api/testing/validation_test.go
index df8df8c8a78..2910717c73e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/testing/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/testing/validation_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ func TestVersionedValidationByFuzzing(t *testing.T) {
 		{Group: "admissionregistration.k8s.io", Version: "v1alpha1"},
 	}
 
+	// subresourceOnly specifies the subresource path for types that can only be validated
+	// as subresources (e.g. autoscaling/Scale) and do not support root-level validation.
+	// For GVKs not in this map, the test defaults to fuzzing the root resource ("").
+	// Other resources with subresources (e.g. Pod status, exec) share validation logic with
+	// the root resource, so fuzzing the root is sufficient to verify validation equivalence.
+	subresourceOnly := map[schema.GroupVersionKind]string{
+		{Group: "autoscaling", Version: "v1", Kind: "Scale"}:      "scale",
+		{Group: "autoscaling", Version: "v1beta1", Kind: "Scale"}: "scale",
+		{Group: "autoscaling", Version: "v1beta2", Kind: "Scale"}: "scale",
+		{Group: "autoscaling", Version: "v2", Kind: "Scale"}:      "scale",
+	}
+
 	fuzzIters := *roundtrip.FuzzIters / 10 // TODO: Find a better way to manage test running time
 	f := fuzzer.FuzzerFor(FuzzerFuncs, rand.NewSource(rand.Int63()), legacyscheme.Codecs)
 
@@ -77,7 +89,11 @@ func TestVersionedValidationByFuzzing(t *testing.T) {
 					if err != nil {
 						t.Fatalf("could not create a %v: %s", kind, err)
 					}
-					f.Fill(obj)
+
+					subresource := ""
+					if specific, ok := subresourceOnly[gvk]; ok {
+						subresource = specific
+					}
 
 					var opts []ValidationTestConfig
 					// TODO(API group level configuration): Consider configuring normalization rules at the
@@ -85,9 +101,9 @@ func TestVersionedValidationByFuzzing(t *testing.T) {
 					// This would allow each API group to register its own normalization rules independently.
 					allRules := append([]field.NormalizationRule{}, resourcevalidation.ResourceNormalizationRules...)
 					allRules = append(allRules, nodevalidation.NodeNormalizationRules...)
-					opts = append(opts, WithNormalizationRules(allRules...))
-					if gv.Group == "autoscaling" {
-						opts = append(opts, WithIgnoreObjectConversionErrors())
+					opts = append(opts, WithNormalizationRules(allRules...), WithFuzzer(f))
+					if subresource != "" {
+						opts = append(opts, WithSubResources(subresource))
 					}
 
 					VerifyVersionedValidationEquivalence(t, obj, nil, opts...)
@@ -96,7 +112,7 @@ func TestVersionedValidationByFuzzing(t *testing.T) {
 					if err != nil {
 						t.Fatalf("could not create a %v: %s", kind, err)
 					}
-					f.Fill(old)
+
 					VerifyVersionedValidationEquivalence(t, obj, old, opts...)
 				}
 			})