diff --git a/pkg/resmap/resmap.go b/pkg/resmap/resmap.go
index 98b8629c1..c282ac1d6 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/resmap.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/resmap.go
@@ -222,11 +222,13 @@ func MergeWithOverride(maps ...ResMap) (ResMap, error) {
 					glog.V(4).Infof("Replace %v with %v", result[id].Object, r.Object)
 					r.Replace(result[id])
 					result[id] = r
+					result[id].ChangeBehavior(resource.BehaviorCreate)
 				case resource.BehaviorMerge:
 					glog.V(4).Infof("Merging %v with %v", result[id].Object, r.Object)
 					r.Merge(result[id])
 					result[id] = r
 					glog.V(4).Infof("Merged object is %v", result[id].Object)
+					result[id].ChangeBehavior(resource.BehaviorCreate)
 				default:
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("Id %#v exists; must merge or replace.", id)
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/resource/resource.go b/pkg/resource/resource.go
index 1a444d8e3..869470617 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/resource.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/resource.go
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ func (r *Resource) Behavior() GenerationBehavior {
 	return r.b
 }
 
+// ChangeBehavior changes the resource to the new behavior
+func (r *Resource) ChangeBehavior(b GenerationBehavior) {
+	r.b = b
+}
+
 // Id returns the ResId for the resource.
 func (r *Resource) Id() ResId {
 	return NewResId(r.GroupVersionKind(), r.GetName())