diff --git a/pkg/api/conversion_test.go b/pkg/api/conversion_test.go
index 827022270ed..2a91f0aec5e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/conversion_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/conversion_test.go
@@ -18,14 +18,23 @@ package api_test
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"math/rand"
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
+	apitesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
 func BenchmarkPodConversion(b *testing.B) {
+	apiObjectFuzzer := apitesting.FuzzerFor(nil, api.SchemeGroupVersion, rand.NewSource(benchmarkSeed))
+	items := make([]api.Pod, 4)
+	for i := range items {
+		apiObjectFuzzer.Fuzz(&items[i])
+	}
+
+	// add a fixed item
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("pod_example.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		b.Fatalf("Unexpected error while reading file: %v", err)
@@ -34,11 +43,14 @@ func BenchmarkPodConversion(b *testing.B) {
 	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(testapi.Default.Codec(), data, &pod); err != nil {
 		b.Fatalf("Unexpected error decoding pod: %v", err)
 	}
+	items = append(items, pod)
+	width := len(items)
 
 	scheme := api.Scheme
 	var result *api.Pod
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		versionedObj, err := scheme.ConvertToVersion(&pod, testapi.Default.GroupVersion().String())
+		pod := &items[i%width]
+		versionedObj, err := scheme.ConvertToVersion(pod, testapi.Default.GroupVersion().String())
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatalf("Conversion error: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -48,9 +60,7 @@ func BenchmarkPodConversion(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 		result = obj.(*api.Pod)
 	}
-	if !api.Semantic.DeepDerivative(pod, *result) {
-		b.Fatalf("Incorrect conversion: expected %v, got %v", pod, *result)
-	}
+	b.Log(result)
 }
 
 func BenchmarkNodeConversion(b *testing.B) {
diff --git a/pkg/api/serialization_test.go b/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
index 97049672a85..676a0ea62f9 100644
--- a/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/serialization_test.go
@@ -275,7 +275,13 @@ func benchmarkItems() []v1.Pod {
 	apiObjectFuzzer := apitesting.FuzzerFor(nil, api.SchemeGroupVersion, rand.NewSource(benchmarkSeed))
 	items := make([]v1.Pod, 2)
 	for i := range items {
-		apiObjectFuzzer.Fuzz(&items[i])
+		var pod api.Pod
+		apiObjectFuzzer.Fuzz(&pod)
+		out, err := api.Scheme.ConvertToVersion(&pod, "v1")
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		items[i] = *out.(*v1.Pod)
 	}
 	return items
 }