diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go
index a5202e3e9d2..c9d05525d43 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ type LeaderElectionConfiguration struct {
 // DebuggingConfiguration holds configuration for Debugging related features.
 type DebuggingConfiguration struct {
 	// enableProfiling enables profiling via web interface host:port/debug/pprof/
-	EnableProfiling bool `json:"enableProfiling"`
+	EnableProfiling *bool `json:"enableProfiling,omitempty"`
 	// enableContentionProfiling enables lock contention profiling, if
 	// enableProfiling is true.
-	EnableContentionProfiling bool `json:"enableContentionProfiling"`
+	EnableContentionProfiling *bool `json:"enableContentionProfiling,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ClientConnectionConfiguration contains details for constructing a client.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 5b83b4cd7df..4e4acf309ea 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -86,14 +86,22 @@ func autoConvert_config_ClientConnectionConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_ClientConnecti
 }
 
 func autoConvert_v1alpha1_DebuggingConfiguration_To_config_DebuggingConfiguration(in *DebuggingConfiguration, out *config.DebuggingConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.EnableProfiling = in.EnableProfiling
-	out.EnableContentionProfiling = in.EnableContentionProfiling
+	if err := v1.Convert_Pointer_bool_To_bool(&in.EnableProfiling, &out.EnableProfiling, s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := v1.Convert_Pointer_bool_To_bool(&in.EnableContentionProfiling, &out.EnableContentionProfiling, s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func autoConvert_config_DebuggingConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_DebuggingConfiguration(in *config.DebuggingConfiguration, out *DebuggingConfiguration, s conversion.Scope) error {
-	out.EnableProfiling = in.EnableProfiling
-	out.EnableContentionProfiling = in.EnableContentionProfiling
+	if err := v1.Convert_bool_To_Pointer_bool(&in.EnableProfiling, &out.EnableProfiling, s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := v1.Convert_bool_To_Pointer_bool(&in.EnableContentionProfiling, &out.EnableContentionProfiling, s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index e747afa99b0..629bf65f9d9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ func (in *ClientConnectionConfiguration) DeepCopy() *ClientConnectionConfigurati
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *DebuggingConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *DebuggingConfiguration) {
 	*out = *in
+	if in.EnableProfiling != nil {
+		in, out := &in.EnableProfiling, &out.EnableProfiling
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.EnableContentionProfiling != nil {
+		in, out := &in.EnableContentionProfiling, &out.EnableContentionProfiling
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-controller-manager/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-controller-manager/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index e5ed6f2d7de..4f94e0b1888 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-controller-manager/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-controller-manager/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func (in *GenericControllerManagerConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *GenericContro
 		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
 		copy(*out, *in)
 	}
-	out.Debugging = in.Debugging
+	in.Debugging.DeepCopyInto(&out.Debugging)
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 9cb7e8365b2..f04761e7e41 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (in *KubeSchedulerConfiguration) DeepCopyInto(out *KubeSchedulerConfigurati
 	in.AlgorithmSource.DeepCopyInto(&out.AlgorithmSource)
 	in.LeaderElection.DeepCopyInto(&out.LeaderElection)
 	out.ClientConnection = in.ClientConnection
-	out.DebuggingConfiguration = in.DebuggingConfiguration
+	in.DebuggingConfiguration.DeepCopyInto(&out.DebuggingConfiguration)
 	if in.BindTimeoutSeconds != nil {
 		in, out := &in.BindTimeoutSeconds, &out.BindTimeoutSeconds
 		*out = new(int64)