diff --git a/source/common/protobuf/utility.cc b/source/common/protobuf/utility.cc
index 5b53a1c28948..f05cf022ec6c 100644
--- a/source/common/protobuf/utility.cc
+++ b/source/common/protobuf/utility.cc
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class DurationFieldProtoVisitor : public ProtobufMessage::ConstProtoVisitor {
     const Protobuf::ReflectableMessage reflectable_message = createReflectableMessage(message);
     if (reflectable_message->GetDescriptor()->full_name() == "google.protobuf.Duration") {
       ProtobufWkt::Duration duration_message;
-      duration_message.CheckTypeAndMergeFrom(message);
+      duration_message.MergeFrom(message);
       // Validate the value of the duration.
       absl::Status status = validateDurationUnifiedNoThrow(duration_message);
       if (!status.ok()) {