diff --git a/pkg/conversion/scheme.go b/pkg/conversion/scheme.go
index b5e73715100..9a3b005c6c2 100644
--- a/pkg/conversion/scheme.go
+++ b/pkg/conversion/scheme.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (s *Scheme) Convert(in, out interface{}) error {
 	if v, _, err := s.ObjectVersionAndKind(out); err == nil {
 		outVersion = v
 	}
-	return s.converter.Convert(in, out, 0, s.generateConvertMeta(inVersion, outVersion))
+	return s.converter.Convert(in, out, AllowDifferentFieldTypeNames, s.generateConvertMeta(inVersion, outVersion))
 }
 
 // ConvertToVersion attempts to convert an input object to its matching Kind in another