diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_preferred.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_preferred.go
index 36d7f3e4bf9..a9574ca2fc3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_preferred.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_preferred.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func NewPreferredPolicy() Policy {
 }
 
 func (p *preferredPolicy) Name() string {
-	return string(PolicyPreferred)
+	return PolicyPreferred
 }
 
 func (p *preferredPolicy) CanAdmitPodResult(admit bool) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_strict.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_strict.go
index 530e7d22a03..e7d8117abcd 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_strict.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/policy_strict.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func NewStrictPolicy() Policy {
 }
 
 func (p *strictPolicy) Name() string {
-	return string(PolicyStrict)
+	return PolicyStrict
 }
 
 func (p *strictPolicy) CanAdmitPodResult(admit bool) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {