diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go
index 93191d24c38..c9905515a03 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go
@@ -99,15 +99,20 @@ func NewDefaultCRDFieldManager(typeConverter TypeConverter, objectConverter runt
 
 // newDefaultFieldManager is a helper function which wraps a Manager with certain default logic.
 func newDefaultFieldManager(f Manager, typeConverter TypeConverter, objectConverter runtime.ObjectConvertor, objectCreater runtime.ObjectCreater, kind schema.GroupVersionKind, ignoreManagedFieldsFromRequestObject bool) *FieldManager {
-	f = NewManagedFieldsUpdater(f)
-	f = NewStripMetaManager(f)
-	f = NewBuildManagerInfoManager(f, kind.GroupVersion())
-	f = NewCapManagersManager(f, DefaultMaxUpdateManagers)
-	f = NewProbabilisticSkipNonAppliedManager(f, objectCreater, kind, DefaultTrackOnCreateProbability)
-	f = NewLastAppliedManager(f, typeConverter, objectConverter, kind.GroupVersion())
-	f = NewLastAppliedUpdater(f)
-
-	return NewFieldManager(f, ignoreManagedFieldsFromRequestObject)
+	return NewFieldManager(
+		NewLastAppliedUpdater(
+			NewLastAppliedManager(
+				NewProbabilisticSkipNonAppliedManager(
+					NewCapManagersManager(
+						NewBuildManagerInfoManager(
+							NewManagedFieldsUpdater(
+								NewStripMetaManager(f),
+							), kind.GroupVersion(),
+						), DefaultMaxUpdateManagers,
+					), objectCreater, kind, DefaultTrackOnCreateProbability,
+				), typeConverter, objectConverter, kind.GroupVersion()),
+		), ignoreManagedFieldsFromRequestObject,
+	)
 }
 
 // DecodeManagedFields converts ManagedFields from the wire format (api format)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager_test.go
index c6de6841376..7978d6221ff 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager_test.go
@@ -112,12 +112,17 @@ func NewTestFieldManager(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, ignoreManagedFieldsFromReq
 	live := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
 	live.SetKind(gvk.Kind)
 	live.SetAPIVersion(gvk.GroupVersion().String())
-	f = NewStripMetaManager(f)
-	f = NewManagedFieldsUpdater(f)
-	f = NewBuildManagerInfoManager(f, gvk.GroupVersion())
-	f = NewProbabilisticSkipNonAppliedManager(f, &fakeObjectCreater{gvk: gvk}, gvk, DefaultTrackOnCreateProbability)
-	f = NewLastAppliedManager(f, typeConverter, objectConverter, gvk.GroupVersion())
-	f = NewLastAppliedUpdater(f)
+	f = NewLastAppliedUpdater(
+		NewLastAppliedManager(
+			NewProbabilisticSkipNonAppliedManager(
+				NewBuildManagerInfoManager(
+					NewManagedFieldsUpdater(
+						NewStripMetaManager(f),
+					), gvk.GroupVersion(),
+				), &fakeObjectCreater{gvk: gvk}, gvk, DefaultTrackOnCreateProbability,
+			), typeConverter, objectConverter, gvk.GroupVersion(),
+		),
+	)
 	if chainFieldManager != nil {
 		f = chainFieldManager(f)
 	}