diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index b6697f61a22..8b71b56d050 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ test/integration/ttlcontroller
 test/integration/volume
 test/integration/volumescheduling
 test/utils
-vendor/k8s.io/api/events/v1beta1
 vendor/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver
 vendor/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/conversion
 vendor/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apiserver/schema
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/events/v1beta1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/events/v1beta1/types.go
index eef45645323..43c9c58b991 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/events/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/events/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ type Event struct {
 
 	// ID of the controller instance, e.g. `kubelet-xyzf`.
 	// +optional
-	ReportingInstance string `json:"reportingInstance,omitemtpy" protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=reportingInstance"`
+	ReportingInstance string `json:"reportingInstance,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=reportingInstance"`
 
 	// What action was taken/failed regarding to the regarding object.
 	// +optional
-	Action string `json:"action,omitemtpy" protobuf:"bytes,6,name=action"`
+	Action string `json:"action,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,6,name=action"`
 
 	// Why the action was taken.
 	Reason string `json:"reason,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,7,name=reason"`