diff --git a/controllers/module_reconciler.go b/controllers/module_reconciler.go
index ee8ef5357..08273b6ca 100644
--- a/controllers/module_reconciler.go
+++ b/controllers/module_reconciler.go
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ func (r *ModuleReconciler) handleSigning(ctx context.Context,
 
 func (r *ModuleReconciler) checkImageExists(ctx context.Context, mod *kmmv1beta1.Module, km *kmmv1beta1.KernelMapping, imageName string) (bool, error) {
 	registryAuthGetter := auth.NewRegistryAuthGetterFrom(r.Client, mod)
-	pullOptions := module.GetRelevantPullOptions(mod, km)
-	imageAvailable, err := r.registry.ImageExists(ctx, imageName, pullOptions, registryAuthGetter)
+	tlsOptions := module.GetRelevantTLSOptions(mod, km)
+	imageAvailable, err := r.registry.ImageExists(ctx, imageName, tlsOptions, registryAuthGetter)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("could not check if the image is available: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/module/helper.go b/internal/module/helper.go
index b38525923..394129b95 100644
--- a/internal/module/helper.go
+++ b/internal/module/helper.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	kmmv1beta1 "github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kernel-module-management/api/v1beta1"
 )
 
-func GetRelevantPullOptions(mod *kmmv1beta1.Module, km *kmmv1beta1.KernelMapping) *kmmv1beta1.TLSOptions {
+func GetRelevantTLSOptions(mod *kmmv1beta1.Module, km *kmmv1beta1.KernelMapping) *kmmv1beta1.TLSOptions {
 	if km.RegistryTLS != nil {
 		return km.RegistryTLS
 	}
diff --git a/internal/preflight/preflight.go b/internal/preflight/preflight.go
index 55f546bf3..91af46e02 100644
--- a/internal/preflight/preflight.go
+++ b/internal/preflight/preflight.go
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ func (p *preflightHelper) verifyImage(ctx context.Context, mapping *kmmv1beta1.K
 	moduleFileName := mod.Spec.ModuleLoader.Container.Modprobe.ModuleName + ".ko"
 	baseDir := mod.Spec.ModuleLoader.Container.Modprobe.DirName
 
-	pullOptions := module.GetRelevantPullOptions(mod, mapping)
+	tlsOptions := module.GetRelevantTLSOptions(mod, mapping)
 	registryAuthGetter := auth.NewRegistryAuthGetterFrom(p.client, mod)
-	digests, repoConfig, err := p.registryAPI.GetLayersDigests(ctx, image, pullOptions, registryAuthGetter)
+	digests, repoConfig, err := p.registryAPI.GetLayersDigests(ctx, image, tlsOptions, registryAuthGetter)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Info("image layers inaccessible, image probably does not exists", "module name", mod.Name, "image", image)
 		return false, fmt.Sprintf("image %s inaccessible or does not exists", image)