diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/item.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/item.go
index 75430dbdb4e..2cc5e150310 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/item.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/validation-gen/validators/item.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (iv *itemValidator) Init(cfg Config) {
 }
 
 func (itemValidator) Name() string {
-	return "itemFieldValidator"
+	return "itemValidator"
 }
 
 var (