diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index 1dd6a096d4..b534b89f44 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -3503,7 +3503,7 @@ func ValidatePodTemplate(pod *core.PodTemplate) field.ErrorList {
 // ValidatePodTemplateUpdate tests to see if the update is legal for an end user to make. newPod is updated with fields
 // that cannot be changed.
 func ValidatePodTemplateUpdate(newPod, oldPod *core.PodTemplate) field.ErrorList {
-	allErrs := ValidateObjectMetaUpdate(&oldPod.ObjectMeta, &newPod.ObjectMeta, field.NewPath("metadata"))
+	allErrs := ValidateObjectMetaUpdate(&newPod.ObjectMeta, &oldPod.ObjectMeta, field.NewPath("metadata"))
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, ValidatePodTemplateSpec(&newPod.Template, field.NewPath("template"))...)
 	return allErrs
 }