diff --git a/lib/authz/permissions.go b/lib/authz/permissions.go
index 9d2d2d1d1231f..260dc280d5166 100644
--- a/lib/authz/permissions.go
+++ b/lib/authz/permissions.go
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ func AuthorizeResourceWithVerbs(ctx context.Context, log logrus.FieldLogger, aut
 		Resource: resource,
 	}
 
-	return authorizeContextWithVerbs(ctx, log, authCtx, quiet, ruleCtx, resource.GetKind(), verbs...)
+	return AuthorizeContextWithVerbs(ctx, log, authCtx, quiet, ruleCtx, resource.GetKind(), verbs...)
 }
 
 // AuthorizeWithVerbs will ensure that the user has access to the given verbs for the given kind.
@@ -1183,11 +1183,11 @@ func AuthorizeWithVerbs(ctx context.Context, log logrus.FieldLogger, authorizer
 		User: authCtx.User,
 	}
 
-	return authorizeContextWithVerbs(ctx, log, authCtx, quiet, ruleCtx, kind, verbs...)
+	return AuthorizeContextWithVerbs(ctx, log, authCtx, quiet, ruleCtx, kind, verbs...)
 }
 
-// authorizeContextWithVerbs will ensure that the user has access to the given verbs for the given services.context.
-func authorizeContextWithVerbs(ctx context.Context, log logrus.FieldLogger, authCtx *Context, quiet bool, ruleCtx *services.Context, kind string, verbs ...string) (*Context, error) {
+// AuthorizeContextWithVerbs will ensure that the user has access to the given verbs for the given services.context.
+func AuthorizeContextWithVerbs(ctx context.Context, log logrus.FieldLogger, authCtx *Context, quiet bool, ruleCtx *services.Context, kind string, verbs ...string) (*Context, error) {
 	errs := make([]error, len(verbs))
 	for i, verb := range verbs {
 		errs[i] = authCtx.Checker.CheckAccessToRule(ruleCtx, defaults.Namespace, kind, verb, quiet)