diff --git a/pkg/restore/actions/service_action.go b/pkg/restore/actions/service_action.go
index 56697902a..9a9f3ef92 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/actions/service_action.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/actions/service_action.go
@@ -193,8 +193,11 @@ func deleteNodePorts(service *corev1api.Service) error {
 						if !ok {
 							// unnamed port
 							unnamedPortInts.Insert(nodePortInt)
-						} else {
-							explicitNodePorts.Insert(fmt.Sprint(portName))
+						} else if name, ok := portName.(string); ok {
+							// spec.ports[].name must be a string in a valid Service, so
+							// silently skip any non-string value rather than coercing it,
+							// which could otherwise create a false match with a real port name.
+							explicitNodePorts.Insert(name)
 						}
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/restore/actions/service_action_test.go b/pkg/restore/actions/service_action_test.go
index 89f3b0e69..c4623f448 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/actions/service_action_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/actions/service_action_test.go
@@ -712,6 +712,44 @@ func TestServiceActionExecute(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "If a port name in last-applied-configuration is a non-string value that stringifies to match a real port name, it should not falsely preserve that port's NodePort.",
+			obj: corev1api.Service{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "svc-1",
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						"kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration": `{"spec":{"ports":[{"nodePort":30001,"name":true}]}}`,
+					},
+				},
+				Spec: corev1api.ServiceSpec{
+					Type: corev1api.ServiceTypeNodePort,
+					Ports: []corev1api.ServicePort{
+						{
+							Name:     "true",
+							NodePort: 30001,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			restore: builder.ForRestore(api.DefaultNamespace, "").PreserveNodePorts(false).Result(),
+			expectedRes: corev1api.Service{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "svc-1",
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						"kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration": `{"spec":{"ports":[{"nodePort":30001,"name":true}]}}`,
+					},
+				},
+				Spec: corev1api.ServiceSpec{
+					Type: corev1api.ServiceTypeNodePort,
+					Ports: []corev1api.ServicePort{
+						{
+							Name:     "true",
+							NodePort: 0,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {