diff --git a/internal/webhooks/clusterclass.go b/internal/webhooks/clusterclass.go
index 6b7a78880b70..c74a553b779a 100644
--- a/internal/webhooks/clusterclass.go
+++ b/internal/webhooks/clusterclass.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func validateMachineHealthCheckClasses(clusterClass *clusterv1.ClusterClass) fie
 		if md.MachineHealthCheck == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		fldPath := field.NewPath("spec", "workers", "machineDeployments", "machineHealthCheck").Index(i)
+		fldPath := field.NewPath("spec", "workers", "machineDeployments").Index(i).Child("machineHealthCheck")
 
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateMachineHealthCheckClass(fldPath, clusterClass.Namespace, md.MachineHealthCheck)...)
 	}