diff --git a/pkg/utils/names.go b/pkg/utils/names.go
index 40bfa04183..cfb77cbe94 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/names.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/names.go
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ type ErrInvalidNamespace error
 // (e.g. 'my-name',  or 'abc-1', regex used for validation is '[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')
 func ValidateFunctionName(name string) error {
 
+	if strings.Contains(name, "--") {
+		return ErrInvalidFunctionName(fmt.Errorf("function name '%v' cannot contain consecutive hyphens", name))
+	}
+
 	if errs := validation.IsDNS1035Label(name); len(errs) > 0 {
 		// In case of invalid name the error is this:
 		// "a DNS-1035 label must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-',
diff --git a/pkg/utils/names_test.go b/pkg/utils/names_test.go
index 82ef98d801..33890ab68a 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/names_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/names_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func TestValidateFunctionName(t *testing.T) {
 		{"Example", false},
 		{"EXAMPLE", false},
 		{"42", false},
+		{"test--func", false},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {