Automatic merge from submit-queue (batch tested with PRs 48481, 48256)
Protect against nil panic in apply
**What this PR does / why we need it**: `kubectl apply` has a potential panic (actually verified in OpenShift in https://github.com/openshift/origin/issues/15017) where a `patcher` calls the `runDelete` function with a nil `resource.RESTClient`, but under some conditions the client is required by that function.
**Release note**:
```release-note
NONE
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