diff --git a/porch/controllers/packagevariants/pkg/controllers/packagevariant/packagevariant_controller.go b/porch/controllers/packagevariants/pkg/controllers/packagevariant/packagevariant_controller.go
index 841f5053e..83c02744f 100644
--- a/porch/controllers/packagevariants/pkg/controllers/packagevariant/packagevariant_controller.go
+++ b/porch/controllers/packagevariants/pkg/controllers/packagevariant/packagevariant_controller.go
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ func isPackageVariantFunc(fn *fn.SubObject, pvName string) (bool, error) {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("could not retrieve field name: %w", err)
 	}
 	if !ok {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("could not find field name in supplied func")
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
 	name := strings.Split(origname, ".")