diff --git a/ovsdb/bindings.go b/ovsdb/bindings.go
index 82c34e03..e75648d2 100644
--- a/ovsdb/bindings.go
+++ b/ovsdb/bindings.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func OvsToNative(column *ColumnSchema, ovsElem interface{}) (interface{}, error)
 				} else if ovsSet.Len() == 0 {
 					return reflect.Zero(naType).Interface(), nil
 				}
-				native, err := OvsToNativeAtomic(column.TypeObj.Key.Type, ovsSet.GoSet[0])
+				native, err := OvsToNativeAtomic(column.TypeObj.Key.Type, ovsSet.goSet[0])
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, err
 				}
diff --git a/ovsdb/encoding_test.go b/ovsdb/encoding_test.go
index fc537574..2b7a565c 100644
--- a/ovsdb/encoding_test.go
+++ b/ovsdb/encoding_test.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func TestSet(t *testing.T) {
 			var res OvsSet
 			err = json.Unmarshal(jsonStr, &res)
 			assert.Nil(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, set.GoSet, res.GoSet, "they should have the same elements\n")
+			assert.Equal(t, set.goSet, res.goSet, "they should have the same elements\n")
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ovsdb/set.go b/ovsdb/set.go
index f1074f2c..a5177689 100644
--- a/ovsdb/set.go
+++ b/ovsdb/set.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 // values in the set.  All of the <atom>s must have the same type, and all
 // values must be unique within the set.
 type OvsSet struct {
-	GoSet   []interface{}
+	goSet   []interface{}
 	maxSize int
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func newOvsSetRaw(keyType string, maxSizePtr *int, obj interface{}) (OvsSet, err
 		if v.Kind() == reflect.Invalid {
 			// must be a nil pointer, so just return an empty set
 			return OvsSet{
-				GoSet:   ovsSet,
+				goSet:   ovsSet,
 				maxSize: maxSize,
 			}, nil
 		}
@@ -99,20 +99,20 @@ func newOvsSetRaw(keyType string, maxSizePtr *int, obj interface{}) (OvsSet, err
 		return OvsSet{}, fmt.Errorf("ovsset supports only go slice/string/numbers/uuid or pointers to those types")
 	}
 	return OvsSet{
-		GoSet:   ovsSet,
+		goSet:   ovsSet,
 		maxSize: maxSize,
 	}, nil
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON wil marshal an OVSDB style Set in to a JSON byte array
 func (o OvsSet) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	switch l := len(o.GoSet); {
+	switch l := len(o.goSet); {
 	case l == 1:
-		return json.Marshal(o.GoSet[0])
+		return json.Marshal(o.goSet[0])
 	case l > 0:
 		var oSet []interface{}
 		oSet = append(oSet, "set")
-		oSet = append(oSet, o.GoSet)
+		oSet = append(oSet, o.goSet)
 		return json.Marshal(oSet)
 	}
 	return []byte("[\"set\",[]]"), nil
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ func (o OvsSet) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 
 // UnmarshalJSON will unmarshal a JSON byte array to an OVSDB style Set
 func (o *OvsSet) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) (err error) {
-	o.GoSet = make([]interface{}, 0)
+	o.goSet = make([]interface{}, 0)
 	if o.maxSize == 0 {
 		o.maxSize = Unlimited
 	}
 	addToSet := func(o *OvsSet, v interface{}) error {
 		goVal, err := ovsSliceToGoNotation(v)
 		if err == nil {
-			o.GoSet = append(o.GoSet, goVal)
+			o.goSet = append(o.goSet, goVal)
 		}
 		return err
 	}
@@ -166,22 +166,22 @@ func (o *OvsSet) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) (err error) {
 }
 
 func (o *OvsSet) Append(newVal ...interface{}) error {
-	if o.maxSize > 0 && len(o.GoSet)+len(newVal) > o.maxSize {
+	if o.maxSize > 0 && len(o.goSet)+len(newVal) > o.maxSize {
 		return fmt.Errorf("appending new value would exceed max set size %d", o.maxSize)
 	}
-	o.GoSet = append(o.GoSet, newVal...)
+	o.goSet = append(o.goSet, newVal...)
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (o *OvsSet) Len() int {
-	return len(o.GoSet)
+	return len(o.goSet)
 }
 
 func (o *OvsSet) Replace(idx int, newVal interface{}) error {
-	if idx > len(o.GoSet)-1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("attempted to access element %d beyond end of array (length %d)", idx, len(o.GoSet))
+	if idx > len(o.goSet)-1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("attempted to access element %d beyond end of array (length %d)", idx, len(o.goSet))
 	}
-	o.GoSet[idx] = newVal
+	o.goSet[idx] = newVal
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ func (o *OvsSet) Replace(idx int, newVal interface{}) error {
 // It returns true if the set has at least one element, and that element is
 // of the given type, otherwise false.
 func (o *OvsSet) HasElementType(checkVal interface{}) bool {
-	if len(o.GoSet) == 0 {
+	if len(o.goSet) == 0 {
 		return false
 	}
-	return reflect.ValueOf(checkVal).Type() == reflect.ValueOf(o.GoSet[0]).Type()
+	return reflect.ValueOf(checkVal).Type() == reflect.ValueOf(o.goSet[0]).Type()
 }
 
 // Range iterates over elements of the set and calls the given function for
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (o *OvsSet) HasElementType(checkVal interface{}) bool {
 // a value to return to the caller of Range(), and/or an error (which also
 // terminates iteration).
 func (o *OvsSet) Range(elemFn func(int, interface{}) (bool, error)) error {
-	for i, v := range o.GoSet {
+	for i, v := range o.goSet {
 		done, err := elemFn(i, v)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/ovsdb/updates2.go b/ovsdb/updates2.go
index b994fc75..9e85f610 100644
--- a/ovsdb/updates2.go
+++ b/ovsdb/updates2.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (r *RowUpdate2) Merge(new *RowUpdate2) error {
 				case OvsSet:
 					oSet := currentRowData[k].(OvsSet)
 					newSet := v.(OvsSet)
-					if err := oSet.Append(newSet.GoSet...); err != nil {
+					if err := oSet.Append(newSet.goSet...); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
 					// copy new appended set back to currentRowData