diff --git a/cmd/kyverno/main.go b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
index 429fc5e7fd..a2394dc0ff 100644
--- a/cmd/kyverno/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
+	"reflect"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nirmata/kyverno/pkg/version"
 	"github.com/nirmata/kyverno/pkg/webhookconfig"
 	"github.com/nirmata/kyverno/pkg/webhooks"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	kubeinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 )
 
@@ -76,6 +78,9 @@ func main() {
 		glog.Fatalf("Error creating kubernetes client: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
+	// TODO(shuting): To be removed for v1.2.0
+	cleanupOldCrd(client)
+
 	// KUBERNETES RESOURCES INFORMER
 	// watches namespace resource
 	// - cache resync time: 10 seconds
@@ -246,3 +251,12 @@ func init() {
 	config.LogDefaultFlags()
 	flag.Parse()
 }
+
+func cleanupOldCrd(client *dclient.Client) {
+	gvr := client.DiscoveryClient.GetGVRFromKind("NamespacedPolicyViolation")
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(gvr, (schema.GroupVersionResource{})) {
+		if err := client.DeleteResource("CustomResourceDefinition", "", "namespacedpolicyviolations.kyverno.io", false); err != nil {
+			glog.Info("Failed to remove previous CRD namespacedpolicyviolations: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/util.go b/pkg/utils/util.go
index 5a37f84d80..636c517de6 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/util.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/util.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func CRDInstalled(discovery client.IDiscovery) bool {
 		glog.Infof("CRD %s found ", kind)
 		return true
 	}
-	if !check("ClusterPolicy") || !check("ClusterPolicyViolation") {
+	if !check("ClusterPolicy") || !check("ClusterPolicyViolation") || !check("PolicyViolation") {
 		return false
 	}
 	return true