diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
index bbb510fcb73..2922f4804ee 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
@@ -912,10 +912,10 @@ func (c *Cacher) dispatchEvents() {
 	// The first successful sync with the underlying store.
 	// The cache must wait until this first sync is completed to be deemed ready.
 	// Since we cannot send a bookmark when the lastProcessedResourceVersion is 0,
-	// we poll aggressively for the first RV before entering the dispatch loop.
+	// we poll aggressively for the first list RV before entering the dispatch loop.
 	lastProcessedResourceVersion := uint64(0)
 	if err := wait.PollUntilContextCancel(wait.ContextForChannel(c.stopCh), 10*time.Millisecond, true, func(_ context.Context) (bool, error) {
-		if rv := c.watchCache.getResourceVersion(); rv != 0 {
+		if rv := c.watchCache.getListResourceVersion(); rv != 0 {
 			lastProcessedResourceVersion = rv
 			return true, nil
 		}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go
index 1f65be9705e..642619ff202 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/watch_cache.go
@@ -644,10 +644,10 @@ func (w *watchCache) Resync() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (w *watchCache) getResourceVersion() uint64 {
+func (w *watchCache) getListResourceVersion() uint64 {
 	w.RLock()
 	defer w.RUnlock()
-	return w.resourceVersion
+	return w.listResourceVersion
 }
 
 func (w *watchCache) currentCapacity() int {