diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
index 59d6d74fd603..f70d7250bad4 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     ToolEvaluator,
 )
 from galaxy.util import (
+    etree,
     parse_xml_string,
     RWXRWXRWX,
     safe_makedirs,
@@ -641,7 +642,7 @@ def get_tool_resource_xml(self, tool_id, tool_type):
                             field_name, self.resource_parameters
                         )
                         raise KeyError(message)
-                    fields.append(self.resource_parameters[field_name])
+                    fields.append(etree.fromstring(self.resource_parameters[field_name]))
 
                 if fields:
                     conditional_element = parse_xml_string(self.JOB_RESOURCE_CONDITIONAL_XML)
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py
index 005c9e07d0e8..20c113861ae1 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ def parse_resource_parameters(resource_param_file):
         resource_definitions_root = resource_definitions.getroot()
         for parameter_elem in resource_definitions_root.findall("param"):
             name = parameter_elem.get("name")
-            resource_parameters[name] = parameter_elem
+            resource_parameters[name] = etree.tostring(parameter_elem)
 
     return resource_parameters