if err := checkFields(un); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			// IstioOperator isn't part of pkg/config/schema/collections,
			// usual conversion not available.  Convert unstructured to string
			// and ask operator code to check.
			un.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{}) // UnmarshalIstioOperator chokes on these
			by := util.ToYAML(un)
			iop, err := operatoristio.UnmarshalIstioOperator(by, false)
			if err != nil {