diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
index 94f9b5019c..5707dd3d06 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (vs *VSphere) Initialize(clientBuilder controller.ControllerClientBuilder)
 
 	// Only on controller node it is required to register listeners.
 	// Register callbacks for node updates
-	client := clientBuilder.ClientOrDie("vSphere-cloud-provider")
+	client := clientBuilder.ClientOrDie("vsphere-cloud-provider")
 	factory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(client, 5*time.Minute)
 	nodeInformer := factory.Core().V1().Nodes()
 	nodeInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{