diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
index 6da54474044..c61f6bbfc28 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func NewServerRunOptions() *ServerRunOptions {
 		EnableLogsHandler:                 true,
 		EventTTL:                          1 * time.Hour,
 		MasterCount:                       1,
-		EndpointReconcilerType:            reconcilers.LeaseEndpointReconcilerType,
+		EndpointReconcilerType:            string(reconcilers.LeaseEndpointReconcilerType),
 		IdentityLeaseDurationSeconds:      3600,
 		IdentityLeaseRenewIntervalSeconds: 10,
 		KubeletConfig: kubeletclient.KubeletClientConfig{
diff --git a/pkg/controlplane/reconcilers/reconcilers.go b/pkg/controlplane/reconcilers/reconcilers.go
index 0bc5856bebd..b0dcd465eef 100644
--- a/pkg/controlplane/reconcilers/reconcilers.go
+++ b/pkg/controlplane/reconcilers/reconcilers.go
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ const (
 	// MasterCountReconcilerType will select the original reconciler
 	MasterCountReconcilerType Type = "master-count"
 	// LeaseEndpointReconcilerType will select a storage based reconciler
-	LeaseEndpointReconcilerType = "lease"
+	LeaseEndpointReconcilerType Type = "lease"
 	// NoneEndpointReconcilerType will turn off the endpoint reconciler
-	NoneEndpointReconcilerType = "none"
+	NoneEndpointReconcilerType Type = "none"
 )
 
 // Types an array of reconciler types