diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
index d4592ae912226..e7b9a47455185 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// This flag specifies the various Node Allocatable enforcements that Kubelet needs to perform.
 	// This flag accepts a list of options. Acceptible options are `pods`, `system-reserved` & `kube-reserved`.
 	// Refer to [Node Allocatable](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/node-allocatable.md) doc for more information.
-	EnforceNodeAllocatable []string `json:"enforceNodeAllocatable,omitempty"`
+	EnforceNodeAllocatable []string `json:"enforceNodeAllocatable"`
 	// This flag, if set, will avoid including `EvictionHard` limits while computing Node Allocatable.
 	// Refer to [Node Allocatable](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/design-proposals/node-allocatable.md) doc for more information.
 	ExperimentalNodeAllocatableIgnoreEvictionThreshold bool `json:"experimentalNodeAllocatableIgnoreEvictionThreshold,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
index a84cb8f077fe7..43f4d4d7eb93a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -729,7 +729,11 @@ func autoConvert_componentconfig_KubeletConfiguration_To_v1alpha1_KubeletConfigu
 	out.KubeReserved = *(*map[string]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.KubeReserved))
 	out.SystemReservedCgroup = in.SystemReservedCgroup
 	out.KubeReservedCgroup = in.KubeReservedCgroup
-	out.EnforceNodeAllocatable = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.EnforceNodeAllocatable))
+	if in.EnforceNodeAllocatable == nil {
+		out.EnforceNodeAllocatable = make([]string, 0)
+	} else {
+		out.EnforceNodeAllocatable = *(*[]string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in.EnforceNodeAllocatable))
+	}
 	out.ExperimentalNodeAllocatableIgnoreEvictionThreshold = in.ExperimentalNodeAllocatableIgnoreEvictionThreshold
 	return nil
 }