diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index e5e58c0d84f..ba486ddd6b4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -2489,8 +2489,8 @@ type PodSpec struct {
 	// More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes
 	// +optional
 	// +patchMergeKey=name
-	// +patchStrategy=merge
-	Volumes []Volume `json:"volumes,omitempty" patchStrategy:"merge" patchMergeKey:"name" protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=volumes"`
+	// +patchStrategy=merge,retainKeys
+	Volumes []Volume `json:"volumes,omitempty" patchStrategy:"merge,retainKeys" patchMergeKey:"name" protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=volumes"`
 	// List of initialization containers belonging to the pod.
 	// Init containers are executed in order prior to containers being started. If any
 	// init container fails, the pod is considered to have failed and is handled according
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1/types.go
index 2967f053b35..971db945bd0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ type DeploymentSpec struct {
 
 	// The deployment strategy to use to replace existing pods with new ones.
 	// +optional
-	Strategy DeploymentStrategy `json:"strategy,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=strategy"`
+	// +patchStrategy=retainKeys
+	Strategy DeploymentStrategy `json:"strategy,omitempty" patchStrategy:"retainKeys" protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=strategy"`
 
 	// Minimum number of seconds for which a newly created pod should be ready
 	// without any of its container crashing, for it to be considered available.