diff --git a/pkg/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go b/pkg/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go
index ad25b8050..e4ad92dd5 100644
--- a/pkg/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go
+++ b/pkg/bucket/lifecycle/lifecycle_test.go
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ func TestMarshalLifecycleConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				Filter:     Filter{Prefix: "prefix-1"},
 				Expiration: Expiration{Date: ExpirationDate(midnightTS)},
 			},
+			{
+				Status:                      "Enabled",
+				Filter:                      Filter{Prefix: "prefix-1"},
+				Expiration:                  Expiration{Date: ExpirationDate(midnightTS)},
+				NoncurrentVersionTransition: NoncurrentVersionTransition{NoncurrentDays: 2, StorageClass: "TEST"},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 	b, err := xml.MarshalIndent(&lc, "", "\t")
diff --git a/pkg/bucket/lifecycle/noncurrentversion.go b/pkg/bucket/lifecycle/noncurrentversion.go
index f23c6121a..d1912cdfc 100644
--- a/pkg/bucket/lifecycle/noncurrentversion.go
+++ b/pkg/bucket/lifecycle/noncurrentversion.go
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ func (n NoncurrentVersionTransition) MarshalXML(e *xml.Encoder, start xml.StartE
 	if n.NoncurrentDays == ExpirationDays(0) {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return e.EncodeElement(&n, start)
+	type noncurrentVersionTransitionWrapper NoncurrentVersionTransition
+	return e.EncodeElement(noncurrentVersionTransitionWrapper(n), start)
 }
 
 // IsDaysNull returns true if days field is null