diff --git a/pkg/api/persistentvolume/util.go b/pkg/api/persistentvolume/util.go
index 5f929297a27..28f1bfc0c54 100644
--- a/pkg/api/persistentvolume/util.go
+++ b/pkg/api/persistentvolume/util.go
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ const (
 	deprecatedStorageClassAnnotationsMsg = `deprecated since v1.8; use "storageClassName" attribute instead`
 )
 
-// DropDisabledFields removes disabled fields from the pv spec.
+// DropDisabledSpecFields removes disabled fields from the pv spec.
 // This should be called from PrepareForCreate/PrepareForUpdate for all resources containing a pv spec.
-func DropDisabledFields(pvSpec *api.PersistentVolumeSpec, oldPVSpec *api.PersistentVolumeSpec) {
+func DropDisabledSpecFields(pvSpec *api.PersistentVolumeSpec, oldPVSpec *api.PersistentVolumeSpec) {
 	if !utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.CSINodeExpandSecret) && !hasNodeExpansionSecrets(oldPVSpec) {
 		if pvSpec.CSI != nil {
 			pvSpec.CSI.NodeExpandSecretRef = nil
diff --git a/pkg/api/persistentvolume/util_test.go b/pkg/api/persistentvolume/util_test.go
index 5000f3adf75..e3f450282da 100644
--- a/pkg/api/persistentvolume/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/persistentvolume/util_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestDropDisabledFields(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.CSINodeExpandSecret, tc.csiExpansionEnabled)()
 
-			DropDisabledFields(tc.newSpec, tc.oldSpec)
+			DropDisabledSpecFields(tc.newSpec, tc.oldSpec)
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.newSpec, tc.expectNewSpec) {
 				t.Error(cmp.Diff(tc.newSpec, tc.expectNewSpec))
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/persistentvolume/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/core/persistentvolume/strategy.go
index e175a4097ad..16c1d9528df 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/persistentvolume/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/persistentvolume/strategy.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (persistentvolumeStrategy) PrepareForCreate(ctx context.Context, obj runtim
 	pv := obj.(*api.PersistentVolume)
 	pv.Status = api.PersistentVolumeStatus{}
 
-	pvutil.DropDisabledFields(&pv.Spec, nil)
+	pvutil.DropDisabledSpecFields(&pv.Spec, nil)
 }
 
 func (persistentvolumeStrategy) Validate(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object) field.ErrorList {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (persistentvolumeStrategy) PrepareForUpdate(ctx context.Context, obj, old r
 	oldPv := old.(*api.PersistentVolume)
 	newPv.Status = oldPv.Status
 
-	pvutil.DropDisabledFields(&newPv.Spec, &oldPv.Spec)
+	pvutil.DropDisabledSpecFields(&newPv.Spec, &oldPv.Spec)
 }
 
 func (persistentvolumeStrategy) ValidateUpdate(ctx context.Context, obj, old runtime.Object) field.ErrorList {