diff --git a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
index 99006819c..6a4bf78ca 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
+++ b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         try:
             k8s.create_with_kubectl("manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml")
             k8s.wait_for_pod_start("spilo-role=master", self.test_namespace)
-            k8s.wait_for_pod_start('spilo-role=replica', self.test_namespace)
+            k8s.wait_for_pod_start("spilo-role=replica", self.test_namespace)
             self.assert_master_is_unique(self.test_namespace, "acid-test-cluster")
 
         except timeout_decorator.TimeoutError:
@@ -1501,7 +1501,6 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         }
         k8s.update_config(patch_delete_annotations)
 
-
     def get_failover_targets(self, master_node, replica_nodes):
         '''
            If all pods live on the same node, failover will happen to other worker(s)
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/sync.go b/pkg/cluster/sync.go
index 5e31929ae..a464089f8 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/sync.go
@@ -394,11 +394,11 @@ func (c *Cluster) syncStatefulSet() error {
 			masterPod = &pods[i]
 			continue
 		}
-		c.restartInstance(&pod)
+		c.syncPostgreSQLConfiguration(&pod)
 	}
 
 	if masterPod != nil {
-		c.restartInstance(masterPod)
+		c.syncPostgreSQLConfiguration(masterPod)
 	}
 
 	// if we get here we also need to re-create the pods (either leftovers from the old
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) syncStatefulSet() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Cluster) restartInstance(pod *v1.Pod) {
+func (c *Cluster) syncPostgreSQLConfiguration(pod *v1.Pod) {
 
 	podName := util.NameFromMeta(pod.ObjectMeta)
 	role := PostgresRole(pod.Labels[c.OpConfig.PodRoleLabel])