diff --git a/pkg/app/application.go b/pkg/app/application.go
index 1d78f064e..c383f5baa 100644
--- a/pkg/app/application.go
+++ b/pkg/app/application.go
@@ -98,8 +98,12 @@ func (a *Application) MakeUncustomizedResMap() (resmap.ResMap, error) {
 
 // resolveRefsToGeneratedResources fixes all name references.
 func (a *Application) resolveRefsToGeneratedResources(m resmap.ResMap) (resmap.ResMap, error) {
-	r := []transformers.Transformer{transformers.NewNameHashTransformer()}
+	err := transformers.NewNameHashTransformer().Transform(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
+	r := []transformers.Transformer{}
 	t, err := transformers.NewDefaultingNameReferenceTransformer()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/expected.diff b/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/expected.diff
index 5af63a66f..76ec67755 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/expected.diff
+++ b/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/expected.diff
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ diff -u -N /tmp/noop/batch_v1beta1_CronJob_cronjob-example.yaml /tmp/transformed
  spec:
    concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
    jobTemplate:
-@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
+@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
            containers:
            - command:
              - echo
 -            - base-cockroachdb
+-            - base-test-config-map-259876d7fg
 +            - dev-base-cockroachdb
++            - dev-base-test-config-map-b2g2dmd64b
              env:
              - name: CDB_PUBLIC_SVC
 -              value: base-cockroachdb-public
@@ -140,6 +142,15 @@ diff -u -N /tmp/noop/rbac.authorization.k8s.io_v1beta1_Role_cockroachdb.yaml /tm
  rules:
  - apiGroups:
    - ""
+diff -u -N /tmp/noop/v1_ConfigMap_test-config-map.yaml /tmp/transformed/v1_ConfigMap_test-config-map.yaml
+--- /tmp/noop/v1_ConfigMap_test-config-map.yaml	YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
++++ /tmp/transformed/v1_ConfigMap_test-config-map.yaml	YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
+@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
+ kind: ConfigMap
+ metadata:
+   creationTimestamp: null
+-  name: base-test-config-map-259876d7fg
++  name: dev-base-test-config-map-b2g2dmd64b
 diff -u -N /tmp/noop/v1_ServiceAccount_cockroachdb.yaml /tmp/transformed/v1_ServiceAccount_cockroachdb.yaml
 --- /tmp/noop/v1_ServiceAccount_cockroachdb.yaml	YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
 +++ /tmp/transformed/v1_ServiceAccount_cockroachdb.yaml	YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
diff --git a/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/expected.yaml b/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/expected.yaml
index 9648d089a..43845e41d 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/expected.yaml
+++ b/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/expected.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ subjects:
   namespace: default
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  baz: qux
+  foo: bar
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  creationTimestamp: null
+  name: dev-base-test-config-map-b2g2dmd64b
+---
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   annotations:
@@ -206,6 +215,7 @@ spec:
           - command:
             - echo
             - dev-base-cockroachdb
+            - dev-base-test-config-map-b2g2dmd64b
             env:
             - name: CDB_PUBLIC_SVC
               value: dev-base-cockroachdb-public
diff --git a/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/in/package/cronjob.yaml b/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/in/package/cronjob.yaml
index 05f09f872..64615c251 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/in/package/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/in/package/cronjob.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ spec:
             command:
             - echo
             - "$(CDB_STATEFULSET_NAME)"
+            - "$(TEST_CONFIG_MAP)"
             env:
               - name: CDB_PUBLIC_SVC
                 value: "$(CDB_PUBLIC_SVC)"
diff --git a/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/in/package/kustomization.yaml b/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/in/package/kustomization.yaml
index 808140a7a..68fcd77b0 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/in/package/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/pkg/commands/testdata/testcase-variable-ref/in/package/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ namePrefix: base-
 resources:
  - cockroachdb-statefulset-secure.yaml
  - cronjob.yaml
+configMapGenerator:
+- name: test-config-map
+  literals:
+    - foo=bar
+    - baz=qux
 vars:
  - name: CDB_PUBLIC_SVC
    objref:
@@ -25,3 +30,10 @@ vars:
    fieldref:
         fieldpath: metadata.name
 
+ - name: TEST_CONFIG_MAP
+   objref:
+        kind: ConfigMap
+        name: test-config-map
+        apiVersion: v1
+   fieldref:
+        fieldpath: metadata.name