diff --git a/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_handler.go b/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_handler.go
index f3c3b0c478..b73109b52a 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_handler.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 
 	"volcano.sh/volcano/pkg/apis/helpers"
@@ -109,12 +110,11 @@ func newPGOwnerReferences(pod *v1.Pod) []metav1.OwnerReference {
 		}
 	}
 
-	isController := true
-	return []metav1.OwnerReference{{
-		APIVersion: v1.SchemeGroupVersion.Version,
-		Kind:       "Pod",
-		Controller: &isController,
-		Name:       pod.Name,
-		UID:        pod.UID,
-	}}
+	gvk := schema.GroupVersionKind{
+		Group:   v1.SchemeGroupVersion.Group,
+		Version: v1.SchemeGroupVersion.Version,
+		Kind:    "Pod",
+	}
+	ref := metav1.NewControllerRef(pod, gvk)
+	return []metav1.OwnerReference{*ref}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_test.go b/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_test.go
index 860c75336e..56053e9db9 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/podgroup/pg_controller_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func newFakeController() *Controller {
 func TestAddPodGroup(t *testing.T) {
 	namespace := "test"
 	isController := true
+	blockOwnerDeletion := true
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name             string
@@ -119,11 +120,12 @@ func TestAddPodGroup(t *testing.T) {
 					Namespace: namespace,
 					OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
 						{
-							APIVersion: "v1",
-							Kind:       "Pod",
-							Name:       "pod1",
-							UID:        "7a09885b-b753-4924-9fba-77c0836bac20",
-							Controller: &isController,
+							APIVersion:         "v1",
+							Kind:               "Pod",
+							Name:               "pod1",
+							UID:                "7a09885b-b753-4924-9fba-77c0836bac20",
+							Controller:         &isController,
+							BlockOwnerDeletion: &blockOwnerDeletion,
 						},
 					},
 				},