diff --git a/pkg/api/unstructured_test.go b/pkg/api/unstructured_test.go
index deacd9f4e4b..dc90f8bbfc8 100644
--- a/pkg/api/unstructured_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/unstructured_test.go
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ func doRoundTrip(t *testing.T, group testapi.TestGroup, kind string) {
 	}
 
 	newUnstr := make(map[string]interface{})
-	err = unstructured.NewConverter().ToUnstructured(item, &newUnstr)
+	err = unstructured.Converter.ToUnstructured(item, &newUnstr)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("ToUnstructured failed: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	newObj := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(item).Elem()).Interface().(runtime.Object)
-	err = unstructured.NewConverter().FromUnstructured(newUnstr, newObj)
+	err = unstructured.Converter.FromUnstructured(newUnstr, newObj)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("FromUnstructured failed: %v", err)
 		return
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ func BenchmarkToFromUnstructured(b *testing.B) {
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		unstr := map[string]interface{}{}
-		if err := unstructured.NewConverter().ToUnstructured(&items[i%size], &unstr); err != nil {
+		if err := unstructured.Converter.ToUnstructured(&items[i%size], &unstr); err != nil {
 			b.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
 		obj := v1.Pod{}
-		if err := unstructured.NewConverter().FromUnstructured(unstr, &obj); err != nil {
+		if err := unstructured.Converter.FromUnstructured(unstr, &obj); err != nil {
 			b.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/unstructured/converter.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/unstructured/converter.go
index 75b5c56506f..a8d94dd19a1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/unstructured/converter.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/unstructured/converter.go
@@ -57,18 +57,20 @@ var (
 	unmarshalerType        = reflect.TypeOf(new(encodingjson.Unmarshaler)).Elem()
 	mapStringInterfaceType = reflect.TypeOf(map[string]interface{}{})
 	fieldCache             = newFieldsCache()
+	Converter              = newConverter()
+
 )
 
-// Converter knows how to convert betweek runtime.Object and
+// ConverterImpl knows how to convert betweek runtime.Object and
 // Unstructured in both ways.
-type Converter struct {
+type ConverterImpl struct {
 }
 
-func NewConverter() *Converter {
-	return &Converter{}
+func newConverter() *ConverterImpl {
+	return &ConverterImpl{}
 }
 
-func (c *Converter) FromUnstructured(u map[string]interface{}, obj runtime.Object) error {
+func (c *ConverterImpl) FromUnstructured(u map[string]interface{}, obj runtime.Object) error {
 	return fromUnstructured(reflect.ValueOf(u), reflect.ValueOf(obj).Elem())
 }
 
@@ -304,7 +306,7 @@ func interfaceFromUnstructured(sv, dv reflect.Value) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Converter) ToUnstructured(obj runtime.Object, u *map[string]interface{}) error {
+func (c *ConverterImpl) ToUnstructured(obj runtime.Object, u *map[string]interface{}) error {
 	return toUnstructured(reflect.ValueOf(obj).Elem(), reflect.ValueOf(u).Elem())
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/unstructured/converter_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/unstructured/converter_test.go
index b661cf2f28b..c7584415d99 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/unstructured/converter_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/conversion/unstructured/converter_test.go
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ func doRoundTrip(t *testing.T, item runtime.Object) {
 	}
 
 	newUnstr := make(map[string]interface{})
-	err = NewConverter().ToUnstructured(item, &newUnstr)
+	err = Converter.ToUnstructured(item, &newUnstr)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("ToUnstructured failed: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	newObj := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(item).Elem()).Interface().(runtime.Object)
-	err = NewConverter().FromUnstructured(newUnstr, newObj)
+	err = Converter.FromUnstructured(newUnstr, newObj)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("FromUnstructured failed: %v", err)
 		return
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func doUnrecognized(t *testing.T, jsonData string, item runtime.Object, expected
 		return
 	}
 	newObj := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(item).Elem()).Interface().(runtime.Object)
-	err = NewConverter().FromUnstructured(unstr, newObj)
+	err = Converter.FromUnstructured(unstr, newObj)
 	if (err != nil) != (expectedErr != nil) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected error in FromUnstructured: %v, expected: %v", err, expectedErr)
 	}