diff --git a/Socket/NetdeviceController.cc b/Socket/NetdeviceController.cc
index c51302b4225f0cc8e866a1dbf8c4d11ab45a35e5..57e43fd1e2f0b7e7712f4228e124ed761ce17c21 100644
--- a/Socket/NetdeviceController.cc
+++ b/Socket/NetdeviceController.cc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ prefix_ senf::NetdeviceController::NetdeviceController(int interface_index)
 prefix_ std::string senf::NetdeviceController::interfaceName()
 {
     struct ifreq ifr;
-    set_ifr_name( ifr);
+    ifr_name( ifr);
     return std::string( ifr.ifr_name);
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ prefix_ senf::MACAddress senf::NetdeviceController::hardwareAddress()
 prefix_ int senf::NetdeviceController::mtu()
 {
     struct ifreq ifr;
-    set_ifr_name(ifr);
+    ifr_name(ifr);
     doIoctl( ifr, SIOCGIFMTU);
     return ifr.ifr_mtu;
 }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ prefix_ int senf::NetdeviceController::mtu()
 prefix_ void senf::NetdeviceController::mtu(int new_mtu)
 {
     struct ifreq ifr;
-    set_ifr_name( ifr);
+    ifr_name( ifr);
     ifr.ifr_mtu = new_mtu;
     doIoctl( ifr, SIOCSIFMTU);
 }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ prefix_ void senf::NetdeviceController::openSocket()
         throwErrno();
 }
 
-prefix_ void senf::NetdeviceController::set_ifr_name(ifreq& ifr)
+prefix_ void senf::NetdeviceController::ifr_name(ifreq& ifr)
 {
     ::memset( &ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
     ifr.ifr_ifindex = ifindex_;
diff --git a/Socket/NetdeviceController.hh b/Socket/NetdeviceController.hh
index bf224efde1e5a191efa4de86d05b35b62410f52f..194cb6e2a611b02a7f410f7f822a369a08719bb5 100644
--- a/Socket/NetdeviceController.hh
+++ b/Socket/NetdeviceController.hh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace senf {
     private:
         void openSocket();
         void doIoctl(ifreq& ifr, int request);
-        void set_ifr_name(ifreq& ifr);
+        void ifr_name(ifreq& ifr);
         int sockfd_;
         int ifindex_;
     };