nil check

Signed-off-by: everettraven <[email protected]>

Author: everettraven

pkg/controller/operators/catalog/step.go

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (b *builder) NewCRDV1Step(client apiextensionsv1client.ApiextensionsV1Inter
 						// if the conversion strategy in the new CRD is "None" OR the error is not a ValidationError
 						// return an error. This will catch and return any errors that occur unrelated to actual validation.
 						// For example, the API server returning an error when performing a list operation
-						if crd.Spec.Conversion.Strategy == apiextensionsv1.NoneConverter || !errors.As(err, vErr) {
+						if crd.Spec.Conversion == nil || crd.Spec.Conversion.Strategy == apiextensionsv1.NoneConverter || !errors.As(err, vErr) {
 							return fmt.Errorf("error validating existing CRs against new CRD's schema for %q: %w", step.Resource.Name, err)
 						}
 						// If the conversion strategy in the new CRD is not "None" and the error that occurred