diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index 6bb57029d34..5009889da95 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func NewControllerInitializers() map[string]InitFunc {
 	controllers["replicaset"] = startReplicaSetController
 	controllers["horizontalpodautoscaling"] = startHPAController
 	controllers["disruption"] = startDisruptionController
-	controllers["statefuleset"] = startStatefulSetController
+	controllers["statefulset"] = startStatefulSetController
 	controllers["cronjob"] = startCronJobController
 	controllers["certificatesigningrequests"] = startCSRController
 	controllers["ttl"] = startTTLController