diff --git a/pkg/reconciliation/construct_statefulset.go b/pkg/reconciliation/construct_statefulset.go
index a8ed4fbc..7a53516b 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciliation/construct_statefulset.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciliation/construct_statefulset.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 const zoneLabel = "failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/zone"
 
-func newNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(
+func NewNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(
 	dc *api.CassandraDatacenter,
 	rackName string) types.NamespacedName {
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func newStatefulSetForCassandraDatacenter(
 		}
 	}
 
-	nsName := newNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(dc, rackName)
+	nsName := NewNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(dc, rackName)
 
 	template, err := buildPodTemplateSpec(dc, rack, legacyInternodeMount(dc, sts))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/reconciliation/construct_statefulset_test.go b/pkg/reconciliation/construct_statefulset_test.go
index fd1ccf8a..0408bc71 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciliation/construct_statefulset_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciliation/construct_statefulset_test.go
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ func TestValidSubdomainNames(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
-		typedName := newNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(dc, tt.name)
+		typedName := NewNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(dc, tt.name)
 		assert.Equal(tt.expected, typedName.Name)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go b/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go
index 3cf1ab78..963be49f 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks.go
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ func (rc *ReconciliationContext) GetStatefulSetForRack(
 	currentStatefulSet := &appsv1.StatefulSet{}
 	err := rc.Client.Get(
 		rc.Ctx,
-		newNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(rc.Datacenter, nextRack.RackName),
+		NewNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(rc.Datacenter, nextRack.RackName),
 		currentStatefulSet)
 
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks_test.go b/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks_test.go
index abf6ba77..bf062e87 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciliation/reconcile_racks_test.go
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ func TestCheckRackPodTemplateWithVolumeExpansion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Get the current StS
 	sts := &appsv1.StatefulSet{}
-	nsName := newNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(rc.Datacenter, "default")
+	nsName := NewNamespacedNameForStatefulSet(rc.Datacenter, "default")
 	require.NoError(rc.Client.Get(rc.Ctx, nsName, sts))
 	require.Equal(resource.MustParse("1Gi"), sts.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[0].Spec.Resources.Requests[corev1.ResourceStorage])