diff --git a/pkg/globalmanager/controllers/jointinference/jointinferenceservice.go b/pkg/globalmanager/controllers/jointinference/jointinferenceservice.go
index 3c2819b91..39a1f310d 100644
--- a/pkg/globalmanager/controllers/jointinference/jointinferenceservice.go
+++ b/pkg/globalmanager/controllers/jointinference/jointinferenceservice.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // Kind contains the schema.GroupVersionKind for this controller type.
-var Kind = sednav1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(Name)
+var Kind = sednav1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(KindName)
 
 // Controller ensures that all JointInferenceService objects
 // have corresponding pods to run their configured workload.