diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/quota/evaluator/core/pods.go b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/quota/evaluator/core/pods.go
index 85ca0279bea9..c9ea8aff2ee2 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/quota/evaluator/core/pods.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/quota/evaluator/core/pods.go
@@ -194,18 +194,22 @@ func podUsageHelper(requests api.ResourceList, limits api.ResourceList) api.Reso
 }
 
 func toInternalPodOrError(obj runtime.Object) (*api.Pod, error) {
-	pod := &api.Pod{}
 	switch t := obj.(type) {
 	case *v1.Pod:
-		if err := v1.Convert_v1_Pod_To_api_Pod(t, pod, nil); err != nil {
+		converted, err := api.Scheme.ConvertToVersion(obj, api.SchemeGroupVersion)
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		if pod, ok := converted.(*api.Pod); ok {
+			return pod, nil
+		} else {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("expect *api.Pod, got %v", converted)
+		}
 	case *api.Pod:
-		pod = t
+		return t, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expect *api.Pod or *v1.Pod, got %v", t)
 	}
-	return pod, nil
 }
 
 // podMatchesScopeFunc is a function that knows how to evaluate if a pod matches a scope