diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CoreAdapter.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CoreAdapter.cs
index fe38535d1b..70e25a3a1f 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CoreAdapter.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CoreAdapter.cs
@@ -4887,14 +4887,8 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
         /// <param name="convertIfPossible">instructs the adapter to convert before setting, if the adapter supports conversion</param>
         protected override void PropertySet(PSProperty property, object setValue, bool convertIfPossible)
         {
-            string valueString = setValue as string;
-            if (valueString == null)
-            {
-                throw new SetValueException("XmlNodeSetShouldBeAString",
-                    null,
-                    ExtendedTypeSystem.XmlNodeSetShouldBeAString,
-                    property.Name);
-            }
+            // XML is always a string so implicitly convert to string
+            string valueString = LanguagePrimitives.ConvertTo<string>(setValue);
             XmlNode[] nodes = (XmlNode[])property.adapterData;
             Diagnostics.Assert(nodes.Length != 0, "DoGetProperty would not return an empty array, it would return null instead");
             if (nodes.Length > 1)
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/ETS/Adapter.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/ETS/Adapter.Tests.ps1
index e46021d9e3..9d74d914ac 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/ETS/Adapter.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/ETS/Adapter.Tests.ps1
@@ -80,3 +80,31 @@ Describe "Adapter Tests" -tags "CI" {
         $val | Should Be "book"
     }
 }
+
+Describe "Adapter XML Tests" -tags "CI" {
+    BeforeAll {
+        [xml]$x  = "<root><data/></root>"
+        $testCases =
+            @{ rval = @{testprop = 1}; value = 'a hash (psobject)' },
+            @{ rval = $null;           value = 'a null (codemethod)' },
+            @{ rval = 1;               value = 'a int (codemethod)' },
+            @{ rval = "teststring";    value = 'a string (codemethod)' },
+            @{ rval = @("teststring1", "teststring2");  value = 'a string array (codemethod)' },
+            @{ rval = @(1,2); value = 'a int array (codemethod)' },
+            @{ rval = [PSObject]::AsPSObject(1); value = 'a int (psobject wrapping)' },
+            @{ rval = [PSObject]::AsPSObject("teststring"); value = 'a string (psobject wrapping)' },
+            @{ rval = [PSObject]::AsPSObject([psobject]@("teststring1", "teststring2")); value = 'a string array (psobject wrapping)' },
+            @{ rval = [PSObject]::AsPSObject(@(1,2)); value = 'int array (psobject wrapping)' }
+    }
+
+    Context "Can set XML node property to non-string object" {
+        It "rval is <value>" -TestCases $testCases {
+            # rval will be implicitly converted to 'string' type
+            param($rval)
+            {
+                { $x.root.data = $rval } | Should Not Throw
+                $x.root.data | Should Be [System.Management.Automation.LanguagePrimitives]::ConvertTo($rval, [string])
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}