diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/annotations.go b/pkg/webhooks/annotations.go
index eddded1cde..c44e03017d 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/annotations.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func annotationFromPolicyResponse(policyResponse response.PolicyResponse, log lo
 }
 
 // checkPodTemplateAnn checks if a Pod has annotation "pod-policies.kyverno.io/autogen-applied"
-func checkPodTemplateAnn(resource unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
+func checkPodTemplateAnnotation(resource unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
 	if resource.GetKind() == "Pod" {
 		ann := resource.GetAnnotations()
 		if _, ok := ann[engine.PodTemplateAnnotation]; ok {
diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/server.go b/pkg/webhooks/server.go
index 9171dda8f5..605198310d 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/server.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/server.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (ws *WebhookServer) handleMutateAdmissionRequest(request *v1beta1.Admission
 		}
 	}
 
-	if checkPodTemplateAnn(resource) {
+	if checkPodTemplateAnnotation(resource) {
 		return &v1beta1.AdmissionResponse{
 			Allowed: true,
 			Result: &metav1.Status{
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (ws *WebhookServer) handleValidateAdmissionRequest(request *v1beta1.Admissi
 		}
 	}
 
-	if checkPodTemplateAnn(resource) {
+	if checkPodTemplateAnnotation(resource) {
 		return &v1beta1.AdmissionResponse{
 			Allowed: true,
 			Result: &metav1.Status{