diff --git a/agent/consul/intention_endpoint_test.go b/agent/consul/intention_endpoint_test.go
index 7ddf7d9d6c..64bb466f97 100644
--- a/agent/consul/intention_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/intention_endpoint_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestIntentionApply_new(t *testing.T) {
 		//nolint:staticcheck
 		ixn.Intention.UpdatePrecedence()
 		// Partition fields will be normalized on Intention.Get
-		ixn.Intention.NormalizePartitionFields()
+		ixn.Intention.FillPartitionAndNamespace(nil, true)
 		require.Equal(t, ixn.Intention, actual)
 	}
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func TestIntentionApply_updateGood(t *testing.T) {
 		//nolint:staticcheck
 		ixn.Intention.UpdatePrecedence()
 		// Partition fields will be normalized on Intention.Get
-		ixn.Intention.NormalizePartitionFields()
+		ixn.Intention.FillPartitionAndNamespace(nil, true)
 		require.Equal(t, ixn.Intention, actual)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/agent/consul/state/intention_test.go b/agent/consul/state/intention_test.go
index 7ddd4c5a9a..f2a5f87867 100644
--- a/agent/consul/state/intention_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/state/intention_test.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func TestStore_IntentionSetGet_basic(t *testing.T) {
 			//nolint:staticcheck
 			expected.SetHash()
 
-			expected.NormalizePartitionFields()
+			expected.FillPartitionAndNamespace(nil, true)
 		}
 		require.True(t, watchFired(ws), "watch fired")
 
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ func TestStore_IntentionsList(t *testing.T) {
 				UpdatedAt:       testTimeA,
 			}
 			if !legacy {
-				ret.NormalizePartitionFields()
+				ret.FillPartitionAndNamespace(nil, true)
 			}
 			return ret
 		}
diff --git a/agent/structs/intention_oss.go b/agent/structs/intention_oss.go
index 274f799d65..0c445b0a89 100644
--- a/agent/structs/intention_oss.go
+++ b/agent/structs/intention_oss.go
@@ -74,8 +74,3 @@ func (ixn *Intention) FillPartitionAndNamespace(entMeta *EnterpriseMeta, fillDef
 	ixn.SourcePartition = ""
 	ixn.DestinationPartition = ""
 }
-
-func (ixn *Intention) NormalizePartitionFields() {
-	ixn.SourcePartition = ""
-	ixn.DestinationPartition = ""
-}
diff --git a/agent/structs/testing_intention.go b/agent/structs/testing_intention.go
index 3497ba2fcd..c8a42d7916 100644
--- a/agent/structs/testing_intention.go
+++ b/agent/structs/testing_intention.go
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ func TestIntention(t testing.T) *Intention {
 		SourceType:      IntentionSourceConsul,
 		Meta:            map[string]string{},
 	}
-	ixn.NormalizePartitionFields()
+	ixn.FillPartitionAndNamespace(nil, true)
 	return ixn
 }