diff --git a/pkg/apis/velero/v1/pod_volume_operation_progress.go b/pkg/apis/velero/v1/pod_volume_operation_progress.go
index b4e314276e..ceb67a87ea 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/velero/v1/pod_volume_operation_progress.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/velero/v1/pod_volume_operation_progress.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2019 the Velero contributors.
+Copyright The Velero Contributors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/pkg/controller/pod_volume_backup_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/pod_volume_backup_controller_test.go
index 736e0ea229..a341dd0d92 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/pod_volume_backup_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/pod_volume_backup_controller_test.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/extensions/table"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
diff --git a/pkg/restic/executer.go b/pkg/restic/executer.go
index daa3db40c5..3ef0ea9a8f 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/executer.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/executer.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package restic
 
 import (
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	velerov1api "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
@@ -24,15 +25,19 @@ import (
 
 // BackupExecuter ...
 type BackupExecuter interface {
-	RunBackup(*Command, logrus.FieldLogger, func(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress)) (string, string, error)
+	RunBackup(interface{}, logrus.FieldLogger, func(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress)) (string, string, error)
 	GetSnapshotID(string, string, map[string]string, []string, string) (string, error)
 }
 
-// Backup ...
+// BackupExec ...
 type BackupExec struct{}
 
 // RunBackup ...
-func (exec BackupExec) RunBackup(cmd *Command, log logrus.FieldLogger, updateFn func(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress)) (string, string, error) {
+func (exec BackupExec) RunBackup(command interface{}, log logrus.FieldLogger, updateFn func(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress)) (string, string, error) {
+	cmd, ok := command.(*Command)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", "", errors.New("expecting command to be of type *restic.Command")
+	}
 	return RunBackup(cmd, log, updateFn)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/test/fake_restic_executer.go b/pkg/test/fake_restic_executer.go
index 25c459f6d8..7810f1447c 100644
--- a/pkg/test/fake_restic_executer.go
+++ b/pkg/test/fake_restic_executer.go
@@ -18,16 +18,14 @@ package test
 
 import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-
 	velerov1api "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
-	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/restic"
 )
 
-// Backup ...
+// FakeResticBackupExec ...
 type FakeResticBackupExec struct{}
 
 // RunBackup ...
-func (exec FakeResticBackupExec) RunBackup(cmd *restic.Command, log logrus.FieldLogger, updateFn func(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress)) (string, string, error) {
+func (exec FakeResticBackupExec) RunBackup(cmd interface{}, log logrus.FieldLogger, updateFn func(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress)) (string, string, error) {
 	return "", "", nil
 }