diff --git a/nginx-controller/controller/controller.go b/nginx-controller/controller/controller.go
index 757c21d271..12f106b05a 100644
--- a/nginx-controller/controller/controller.go
+++ b/nginx-controller/controller/controller.go
@@ -523,21 +523,21 @@ func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) syncCfgm(key string) {
 			cfg.AuthBasicUserFile = authBasicUserFile
 		}
 
-		if mainHTTPSnippets, exists, err := nginx.GetMapKeyAsMapStringString(cfgm.Data, "http-snippets", cfgm); exists {
+		if mainHTTPSnippets, exists, err := nginx.GetMapKeyAsMapIntString(cfgm.Data, "http-snippets", cfgm); exists {
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Error(err)
 			} else {
 				cfg.MainHTTPSnippets = mainHTTPSnippets
 			}
 		}
-		if locationSnippets, exists, err := nginx.GetMapKeyAsMapStringString(cfgm.Data, "location-snippets", cfgm); exists {
+		if locationSnippets, exists, err := nginx.GetMapKeyAsMapIntString(cfgm.Data, "location-snippets", cfgm); exists {
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Error(err)
 			} else {
 				cfg.LocationSnippets = locationSnippets
 			}
 		}
-		if serverSnippets, exists, err := nginx.GetMapKeyAsMapStringString(cfgm.Data, "server-snippets", cfgm); exists {
+		if serverSnippets, exists, err := nginx.GetMapKeyAsMapIntString(cfgm.Data, "server-snippets", cfgm); exists {
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Error(err)
 			} else {
diff --git a/nginx-controller/nginx/configurator.go b/nginx-controller/nginx/configurator.go
index 18579e799a..0f9b3e9349 100644
--- a/nginx-controller/nginx/configurator.go
+++ b/nginx-controller/nginx/configurator.go
@@ -207,14 +207,14 @@ func (cnf *Configurator) createConfig(ingEx *IngressEx) Config {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if serverSnippets, exists, err := GetMapKeyAsMapStringString(ingEx.Ingress.Annotations, "nginx.org/server-snippets", ingEx.Ingress); exists {
+	if serverSnippets, exists, err := GetMapKeyAsMapIntString(ingEx.Ingress.Annotations, "nginx.org/server-snippets", ingEx.Ingress); exists {
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Error(err)
 		} else {
 			ingCfg.ServerSnippets = serverSnippets
 		}
 	}
-	if locationSnippets, exists, err := GetMapKeyAsMapStringString(ingEx.Ingress.Annotations, "nginx.org/location-snippets", ingEx.Ingress); exists {
+	if locationSnippets, exists, err := GetMapKeyAsMapIntString(ingEx.Ingress.Annotations, "nginx.org/location-snippets", ingEx.Ingress); exists {
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Error(err)
 		} else {
diff --git a/nginx-controller/nginx/convert.go b/nginx-controller/nginx/convert.go
index ee80a65005..53483730c6 100644
--- a/nginx-controller/nginx/convert.go
+++ b/nginx-controller/nginx/convert.go
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ func GetMapKeyAsStringSlice(m map[string]string, key string, context apiObject)
 	return nil, false, nil
 }
 
-// GetMapKeyAsMapStringString tries to find and parse a key in the map int as string
-func GetMapKeyAsMapStringString(m map[string]string, key string, context apiObject) (map[int]string, bool, error) {
+// GetMapKeyAsMapIntString tries to find and parse a key in the map int as string
+func GetMapKeyAsMapIntString(m map[string]string, key string, context apiObject) (map[int]string, bool, error) {
 	lines := make(map[int]string, len(m[key]))
 	if str, exists := m[key]; exists {
 		for k, v := range strings.Split(str, "\n") {