diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/parser.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/parser.go
index 4ac4b86a37d..50a857323f5 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/parser.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/go-to-protobuf/protobuf/parser.go
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
+	customreflect "k8s.io/kubernetes/third_party/forked/reflect"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/third_party/golang/go/ast"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/third_party/golang/go/parser"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/third_party/golang/go/printer"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/third_party/golang/go/token"
-	customreflect "k8s.io/kubernetes/third_party/golang/reflect"
 )
 
 func rewriteFile(name string, header []byte, rewriteFn func(*token.FileSet, *ast.File) error) error {
diff --git a/third_party/golang/reflect/type.go b/third_party/forked/reflect/type.go
similarity index 100%
rename from third_party/golang/reflect/type.go
rename to third_party/forked/reflect/type.go