diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
index d1f285be6..a6e2ece59 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) setProcessName(procName string, args ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // SetStatus of Postgres cluster
-func (c *Cluster) SetStatus(status string) {
+func (c *Cluster) setStatus(status string) {
 	// TODO: eventually switch to updateStatus() for kubernetes 1.11 and above
 	patch, err := json.Marshal(acidv1.PostgresStatus{PostgresClusterStatus: status})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ func (c *Cluster) Create() error {
 
 	defer func() {
 		if err == nil {
-			c.SetStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusRunning) //TODO: are you sure it's running?
+			c.setStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusRunning) //TODO: are you sure it's running?
 		} else {
-			c.SetStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusAddFailed)
+			c.setStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusAddFailed)
 		}
 	}()
 
-	c.SetStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusCreating)
+	c.setStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusCreating)
 
 	for _, role := range []PostgresRole{Master, Replica} {
 
@@ -483,14 +483,14 @@ func (c *Cluster) Update(oldSpec, newSpec *acidv1.Postgresql) error {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	defer c.mu.Unlock()
 
-	c.SetStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusUpdating)
+	c.setStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusUpdating)
 	c.setSpec(newSpec)
 
 	defer func() {
 		if updateFailed {
-			c.SetStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusUpdateFailed)
+			c.setStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusUpdateFailed)
 		} else {
-			c.SetStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusRunning)
+			c.setStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusRunning)
 		}
 	}()
 
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster_test.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster_test.go
index 547ec19c7..b20189777 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster_test.go
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func TestSetStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
-		cl.SetStatus(tt.status.PostgresClusterStatus)
+		cl.setStatus(tt.status.PostgresClusterStatus)
 		if tt.outcome {
 			t.Errorf("Wrong status: %s", cl.Status.String())
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/sync.go b/pkg/cluster/sync.go
index 259f421bf..9ba2ee40a 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/sync.go
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) Sync(newSpec *acidv1.Postgresql) error {
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			c.logger.Warningf("error while syncing cluster state: %v", err)
-			c.SetStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusSyncFailed)
+			c.setStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusSyncFailed)
 		} else if !c.Status.Running() {
-			c.SetStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusRunning)
+			c.setStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusRunning)
 		}
 	}()