diff --git a/pkg/controlplane/controller.go b/pkg/controlplane/controller.go
index faa11983e10..ccdf12cd9f4 100644
--- a/pkg/controlplane/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controlplane/controller.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ type Controller struct {
 	ServiceClient   corev1client.ServicesGetter
 	NamespaceClient corev1client.NamespacesGetter
 	EventClient     corev1client.EventsGetter
-	healthClient    rest.Interface
+	readyzClient    rest.Interface
 
 	ServiceClusterIPRegistry          rangeallocation.RangeRegistry
 	ServiceClusterIPRange             net.IPNet
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ type Controller struct {
 }
 
 // NewBootstrapController returns a controller for watching the core capabilities of the master
-func (c *completedConfig) NewBootstrapController(legacyRESTStorage corerest.LegacyRESTStorage, serviceClient corev1client.ServicesGetter, nsClient corev1client.NamespacesGetter, eventClient corev1client.EventsGetter, healthClient rest.Interface) *Controller {
+func (c *completedConfig) NewBootstrapController(legacyRESTStorage corerest.LegacyRESTStorage, serviceClient corev1client.ServicesGetter, nsClient corev1client.NamespacesGetter, eventClient corev1client.EventsGetter, readyzClient rest.Interface) *Controller {
 	_, publicServicePort, err := c.GenericConfig.SecureServing.HostPort()
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("failed to get listener address: %v", err)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (c *completedConfig) NewBootstrapController(legacyRESTStorage corerest.Lega
 		ServiceClient:   serviceClient,
 		NamespaceClient: nsClient,
 		EventClient:     eventClient,
-		healthClient:    healthClient,
+		readyzClient:    readyzClient,
 
 		EndpointReconciler: c.ExtraConfig.EndpointReconcilerConfig.Reconciler,
 		EndpointInterval:   c.ExtraConfig.EndpointReconcilerConfig.Interval,
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (c *Controller) RunKubernetesService(ch chan struct{}) {
 	// wait until process is ready
 	wait.PollImmediateUntil(100*time.Millisecond, func() (bool, error) {
 		var code int
-		c.healthClient.Get().AbsPath("/healthz").Do(context.TODO()).StatusCode(&code)
+		c.readyzClient.Get().AbsPath("/readyz").Do(context.TODO()).StatusCode(&code)
 		return code == http.StatusOK, nil
 	}, ch)