diff --git a/api/resmap/reswrangler.go b/api/resmap/reswrangler.go
index cd7185e96..e9e8b165d 100644
--- a/api/resmap/reswrangler.go
+++ b/api/resmap/reswrangler.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func (m *resWrangler) AsYaml() ([]byte, error) {
 	var b []byte
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
 	for _, res := range m.Resources() {
-		out, err := yaml.Marshal(res.Map())
+		out, err := res.AsYAML()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "%#v", res.Map())
 		}