diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/patch.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/patch.go
index 50f6005ab83..a0a8fb6ca77 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/patch.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/patch.go
@@ -659,8 +659,13 @@ func (p *patcher) patchResource(ctx context.Context, scope *RequestScope) (runti
 		return obj, nil
 	}
 
+	transformers := []rest.TransformFunc{p.applyPatch, p.applyAdmission, dedupOwnerReferencesTransformer}
+	if scope.FieldManager != nil {
+		transformers = append(transformers, fieldmanager.IgnoreManagedFieldsTimestampsTransformer)
+	}
+
 	wasCreated := false
-	p.updatedObjectInfo = rest.DefaultUpdatedObjectInfo(nil, p.applyPatch, p.applyAdmission, dedupOwnerReferencesTransformer, fieldmanager.IgnoreManagedFieldsTimestampsTransformer)
+	p.updatedObjectInfo = rest.DefaultUpdatedObjectInfo(nil, transformers...)
 	requestFunc := func() (runtime.Object, error) {
 		// Pass in UpdateOptions to override UpdateStrategy.AllowUpdateOnCreate
 		options := patchToUpdateOptions(p.options)