diff --git a/pkg/flags/flags.go b/pkg/flags/flags.go
index ae6daa084d..d5d6db5936 100644
--- a/pkg/flags/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/flags/flags.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ var F = struct {
 	ClusterSliceAPIGroup                     string
 	EnableL4ILBMixedProtocol                 bool
 	EnableL4NetLBMixedProtocol               bool
-	EnableIPV6NEG                            bool
+	EnableIPV6OnlyNEG                        bool
 }{
 	GCERateLimitScale: 1.0,
 }
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ L7 load balancing. CSV values accepted. Example: -node-port-ranges=80,8080,400-5
 	flag.BoolVar(&F.EnableL4ILBMixedProtocol, "enable-l4ilb-mixed-protocol", false, "Enable support for mixed protocol L4 internal load balancers.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&F.EnableL4NetLBMixedProtocol, "enable-l4netlb-mixed-protocol", false, "Enable support for mixed protocol L4 external load balancers.")
 	flag.StringVar(&F.ClusterSliceAPIGroup, "cluster-slice-api-group", "", "The API group for the ClusterSlice CRD.")
-	flag.BoolVar(&F.EnableIPV6NEG, "enable-ipv6-neg", false, "Enable support for IPV6 NEG's.")
+	flag.BoolVar(&F.EnableIPV6OnlyNEG, "enable-ipv6-only-neg", false, "Enable support for IPV6 Only NEG's.")
 }
 
 func Validate() {
diff --git a/pkg/neg/controller.go b/pkg/neg/controller.go
index 441428a2bb..bca2bc1ebd 100644
--- a/pkg/neg/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/neg/controller.go
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ func (c *Controller) processService(key string) error {
 	}
 	if len(svcPortInfoMap) != 0 {
 		c.logger.V(2).Info("Syncing service", "service", key)
-		if !flags.F.EnableIPV6NEG {
+		if !flags.F.EnableIPV6OnlyNEG {
 			if service.Spec.Type != apiv1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer && isSingleStackIPv6Service(service) {
 				return fmt.Errorf("NEG is not supported for ipv6 only service (%T)", service)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/neg/controller_test.go b/pkg/neg/controller_test.go
index 5d5b20b035..4d02d541ff 100644
--- a/pkg/neg/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/neg/controller_test.go
@@ -1590,9 +1590,9 @@ func TestServiceIPFamilies(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
 			if tc.enableIPV6OnlyNEG {
-				flags.F.EnableIPV6NEG = true
+				flags.F.EnableIPV6OnlyNEG = true
 				defer func() {
-					flags.F.EnableIPV6NEG = false
+					flags.F.EnableIPV6OnlyNEG = false
 				}()
 			}
 			controller := newTestController(fake.NewSimpleClientset())