diff --git a/kyaml/fn/framework/framework_test.go b/kyaml/fn/framework/framework_test.go
index ab50ad033f..400f1ba7fc 100644
--- a/kyaml/fn/framework/framework_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/fn/framework/framework_test.go
@@ -90,149 +90,3 @@ results:
   tags:
     foo: bar`, strings.TrimSpace(out.String()))
 }
-
-func TestExecute_NoErrorResult(t *testing.T) {
-	singleDeployment := `kind: Deployment
-apiVersion: v1
-metadata:
-  name: tester
-  namespace: default
-spec:
-  replicas: 0`
-	resourceListDeployment := `kind: ResourceList
-apiVersion: config.kubernetes.io/v1
-items:
-- kind: Deployment
-  apiVersion: v1
-  metadata:
-    name: tester
-    namespace: default
-  spec:
-    replicas: 0`
-	outputResourceList := `apiVersion: config.kubernetes.io/v1
-kind: ResourceList
-items:
-- kind: Deployment
-  apiVersion: v1
-  metadata:
-    name: tester
-    namespace: default
-  spec:
-    replicas: 0
-results:
-- message: bad value for replicas
-  severity: error
-  resourceRef:
-    apiVersion: v1
-    kind: Deployment
-    name: tester
-    namespace: default
-  field:
-    path: .spec.Replicas
-    currentValue: "0"
-    proposedValue: "3"
-  file:
-    path: /path/to/deployment.yaml
-- message: some error
-  severity: error`
-	outputOtherWrap := strings.NewReplacer(
-		"kind: ResourceList", "kind: SomethingElse",
-		"apiVersion: config.kubernetes.io/v1", "apiVersion: fakeVersion",
-	).Replace(outputResourceList)
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		desc           string
-		noWrap         bool
-		wrapKind       string
-		wrapAPIVersion string
-		input          string
-		want           string
-	}{
-		{
-			desc:  "resource list",
-			input: resourceListDeployment,
-			want:  outputResourceList,
-		},
-		{
-			desc:  "individual resources",
-			input: singleDeployment,
-			want:  singleDeployment,
-		},
-		{
-			desc:           "wrap resource list",
-			wrapKind:       kio.ResourceListKind,
-			wrapAPIVersion: kio.ResourceListAPIVersion,
-			input:          resourceListDeployment,
-			want:           outputResourceList,
-		},
-		{
-			desc:   "unwrap resource list",
-			noWrap: true,
-			input:  resourceListDeployment,
-			want:   singleDeployment,
-		},
-		{
-			desc:           "wrap individual resources",
-			wrapKind:       kio.ResourceListKind,
-			wrapAPIVersion: kio.ResourceListAPIVersion,
-			input:          singleDeployment,
-			want:           outputResourceList,
-		},
-		{
-			desc:           "no wrap has precedence",
-			noWrap:         true,
-			wrapKind:       kio.ResourceListKind,
-			wrapAPIVersion: kio.ResourceListAPIVersion,
-			input:          singleDeployment,
-			want:           singleDeployment,
-		},
-		{
-			desc:           "honor specified wrapping kind",
-			wrapKind:       "SomethingElse",
-			wrapAPIVersion: "fakeVersion",
-			input:          resourceListDeployment,
-			want:           outputOtherWrap,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
-			p := framework.ResourceListProcessorFunc(func(rl *framework.ResourceList) error {
-				rl.Results = framework.Results{
-					{
-						Message:  "bad value for replicas",
-						Severity: framework.Error,
-						ResourceRef: yaml.ResourceIdentifier{
-							TypeMeta: yaml.TypeMeta{APIVersion: "v1", Kind: "Deployment"},
-							NameMeta: yaml.NameMeta{Name: "tester", Namespace: "default"},
-						},
-						Field: framework.Field{
-							Path:          ".spec.Replicas",
-							CurrentValue:  "0",
-							ProposedValue: "3",
-						},
-						File: framework.File{
-							Path:  "/path/to/deployment.yaml",
-							Index: 0,
-						},
-					},
-					{
-						Message:  "some error",
-						Severity: framework.Error,
-					},
-				}
-				return nil
-			})
-			got := new(bytes.Buffer)
-			source := &kio.ByteReadWriter{
-				Reader:             bytes.NewBufferString(tc.input),
-				Writer:             got,
-				WrappingAPIVersion: tc.wrapAPIVersion,
-				WrappingKind:       tc.wrapKind,
-				NoWrap:             tc.noWrap,
-			}
-			assert.NoError(t, framework.Execute(p, source))
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, strings.TrimSpace(got.String()))
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/byteio_readwriter_test.go b/kyaml/kio/byteio_readwriter_test.go
index ce0c4e5c66..3f8d22c21a 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/byteio_readwriter_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/byteio_readwriter_test.go
@@ -747,3 +747,122 @@ func TestByteReadWriter_WrapBareSeqNode(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestByteReadWriter_ResourceListWrapping(t *testing.T) {
+	singleDeployment := `kind: Deployment
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: tester
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  replicas: 0`
+	resourceList := `apiVersion: config.kubernetes.io/v1
+kind: ResourceList
+items:
+- kind: Deployment
+  apiVersion: v1
+  metadata:
+    name: tester
+    namespace: default
+  spec:
+    replicas: 0`
+	resourceListWithError := `apiVersion: config.kubernetes.io/v1
+kind: ResourceList
+items:
+- kind: Deployment
+  apiVersion: v1
+  metadata:
+    name: tester
+    namespace: default
+  spec:
+    replicas: 0
+results:
+- message: some error
+  severity: error`
+	resourceListDifferentWrapper := strings.NewReplacer(
+		"kind: ResourceList", "kind: SomethingElse",
+		"apiVersion: config.kubernetes.io/v1", "apiVersion: fakeVersion",
+	).Replace(resourceList)
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc           string
+		noWrap         bool
+		wrapKind       string
+		wrapAPIVersion string
+		input          string
+		want           string
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:  "resource list",
+			input: resourceList,
+			want:  resourceList,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:  "individual resources",
+			input: singleDeployment,
+			want:  singleDeployment,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:           "no nested wrapping",
+			wrapKind:       kio.ResourceListKind,
+			wrapAPIVersion: kio.ResourceListAPIVersion,
+			input:          resourceList,
+			want:           resourceList,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:   "unwrap resource list",
+			noWrap: true,
+			input:  resourceList,
+			want:   singleDeployment,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:           "wrap individual resources",
+			wrapKind:       kio.ResourceListKind,
+			wrapAPIVersion: kio.ResourceListAPIVersion,
+			input:          singleDeployment,
+			want:           resourceList,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:           "NoWrap has precedence",
+			noWrap:         true,
+			wrapKind:       kio.ResourceListKind,
+			wrapAPIVersion: kio.ResourceListAPIVersion,
+			input:          singleDeployment,
+			want:           singleDeployment,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:           "honor specified wrapping kind",
+			wrapKind:       "SomethingElse",
+			wrapAPIVersion: "fakeVersion",
+			input:          resourceList,
+			want:           resourceListDifferentWrapper,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:  "passthrough results",
+			input: resourceListWithError,
+			want:  resourceListWithError,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i := range testCases {
+		tc := testCases[i]
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var got bytes.Buffer
+			rw := kio.ByteReadWriter{
+				Reader:             strings.NewReader(tc.input),
+				Writer:             &got,
+				NoWrap:             tc.noWrap,
+				WrappingAPIVersion: tc.wrapAPIVersion,
+				WrappingKind:       tc.wrapKind,
+			}
+
+			rnodes, err := rw.Read()
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			err = rw.Write(rnodes)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, strings.TrimSpace(got.String()))
+		})
+	}
+}