diff --git a/pkg/controller/ehpa/hpa.go b/pkg/controller/ehpa/hpa.go
index 645606e47..ec9cda8ae 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/ehpa/hpa.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/ehpa/hpa.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func (c *EffectiveHPAController) GetHPAMetrics(ctx context.Context, ehpa *autosc
 				continue
 			}
 
-			name := utils.GetPredictionMetricName(metric.Type, false)
+			name := utils.GetPredictionMetricName(metric.Type)
 			if len(name) == 0 {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func GetCronMetricSpecsForHPA(ehpa *autoscalingapi.EffectiveHorizontalPodAutosca
 		Type: autoscalingv2.ExternalMetricSourceType,
 		External: &autoscalingv2.ExternalMetricSource{
 			Metric: autoscalingv2.MetricIdentifier{
-				Name: utils.GetPredictionMetricName(autoscalingv2.PodsMetricSourceType, true),
+				Name: utils.GetCronMetricName(),
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
 					MatchLabels: map[string]string{
 						"targetKind":         ehpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Kind,
diff --git a/pkg/utils/ehpa.go b/pkg/utils/ehpa.go
index 19427a88d..7640c4cb7 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/ehpa.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/ehpa.go
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ func IsEHPAPredictionEnabled(ehpa *autoscalingapi.EffectiveHorizontalPodAutoscal
 
 func IsEHPAHasPredictionMetric(ehpa *autoscalingapi.EffectiveHorizontalPodAutoscaler) bool {
 	for _, metric := range ehpa.Spec.Metrics {
-		if metric.Type == autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricSourceType {
-			metricName := GetPredictionMetricName(metric.Type, false)
-			if len(metricName) == 0 {
-				continue
-			}
-			return true
+		metricName := GetPredictionMetricName(metric.Type)
+		if len(metricName) == 0 {
+			continue
 		}
+		return true
 	}
 
 	for key := range ehpa.Annotations {
@@ -39,19 +37,20 @@ func IsEHPACronEnabled(ehpa *autoscalingapi.EffectiveHorizontalPodAutoscaler) bo
 }
 
 // GetPredictionMetricName return metric name used by prediction
-func GetPredictionMetricName(sourceType autoscalingv2.MetricSourceType, isCron bool) (metricName string) {
-	if isCron {
-		metricName = known.MetricNameCron
-	} else {
-		switch sourceType {
-		case autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricSourceType, autoscalingv2.PodsMetricSourceType, autoscalingv2.ExternalMetricSourceType:
-			metricName = known.MetricNamePrediction
-		}
+func GetPredictionMetricName(sourceType autoscalingv2.MetricSourceType) (metricName string) {
+	switch sourceType {
+	case autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricSourceType, autoscalingv2.PodsMetricSourceType, autoscalingv2.ExternalMetricSourceType:
+		metricName = known.MetricNamePrediction
 	}
 
 	return metricName
 }
 
+// GetCronMetricName return metric name used by cron
+func GetCronMetricName() string {
+	return known.MetricNameCron
+}
+
 // GetGeneralPredictionMetricName return metric name used by prediction
 func GetMetricIdentifier(metric autoscalingv2.MetricSpec, name string) string {
 	var prefix string