diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go
index 512c383078c..4179b8274b6 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ func ValidateSelfSubjectRulesReview(review *authorizationapi.SelfSubjectRulesRev
 
 func ValidateSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := ValidateSubjectAccessReviewSpec(sar.Spec, field.NewPath("spec"))
-	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(metav1.ObjectMeta{}, sar.ObjectMeta) {
+	objectMetaShallowCopy := sar.ObjectMeta
+	objectMetaShallowCopy.ManagedFields = nil
+	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(metav1.ObjectMeta{}, objectMetaShallowCopy) {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("metadata"), sar.ObjectMeta, `must be empty`))
 	}
 	return allErrs
@@ -64,7 +66,9 @@ func ValidateSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) fiel
 
 func ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.SelfSubjectAccessReview) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec(sar.Spec, field.NewPath("spec"))
-	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(metav1.ObjectMeta{}, sar.ObjectMeta) {
+	objectMetaShallowCopy := sar.ObjectMeta
+	objectMetaShallowCopy.ManagedFields = nil
+	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(metav1.ObjectMeta{}, objectMetaShallowCopy) {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("metadata"), sar.ObjectMeta, `must be empty`))
 	}
 	return allErrs
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ func ValidateLocalSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.LocalSubjectAccessRe
 
 	objectMetaShallowCopy := sar.ObjectMeta
 	objectMetaShallowCopy.Namespace = ""
+	objectMetaShallowCopy.ManagedFields = nil
 	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(metav1.ObjectMeta{}, objectMetaShallowCopy) {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("metadata"), sar.ObjectMeta, `must be empty except for namespace`))
 	}