diff --git a/apps/kafka-integration/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kafkaintegration/converter/LinkEventConverter.java b/apps/kafka-integration/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kafkaintegration/converter/LinkEventConverter.java
index 2d65537..a1db209 100644
--- a/apps/kafka-integration/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kafkaintegration/converter/LinkEventConverter.java
+++ b/apps/kafka-integration/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kafkaintegration/converter/LinkEventConverter.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
         LinkEvent linkEvent = (LinkEvent) event;
 
-        if (!linkEventSubtypeSupported(linkEvent)) {
+        if (!linkEventTypeSupported(linkEvent)) {
             log.error("Unsupported Onos Event {}. There is no matching"
                     + "proto Event type", linkEvent.type().toString());
             return null;
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
         return buildDeviceProtoMessage(linkEvent);
     }
 
-    private boolean linkEventSubtypeSupported(LinkEvent event) {
-        LinkType[] kafkaLinkEvents = LinkType.values();
-        for (LinkType linkEventType : kafkaLinkEvents) {
+    private boolean linkEventTypeSupported(LinkEvent event) {
+        LinkEventType[] kafkaLinkEvents = LinkEventType.values();
+        for (LinkEventType linkEventType : kafkaLinkEvents) {
             if (linkEventType.name().equals(event.type().name())) {
                 return true;
             }