diff --git a/include/cutils/uevent.h b/include/cutils/uevent.h
index 587149c..5f5e6ca 100644
--- a/include/cutils/uevent.h
+++ b/include/cutils/uevent.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-ssize_t uevent_checked_recv(int socket, void *buffer, size_t length);
+ssize_t uevent_kernel_multicast_recv(int socket, void *buffer, size_t length);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/init/devices.c b/init/devices.c
index a200c95..60659ce 100644
--- a/init/devices.c
+++ b/init/devices.c
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@
 {
     char msg[UEVENT_MSG_LEN+2];
     int n;
-    while ((n = uevent_checked_recv(device_fd, msg, UEVENT_MSG_LEN)) > 0) {
+    while ((n = uevent_kernel_multicast_recv(device_fd, msg, UEVENT_MSG_LEN)) > 0) {
         if(n >= UEVENT_MSG_LEN)   /* overflow -- discard */
             continue;
 
diff --git a/libcutils/uevent.c b/libcutils/uevent.c
index 3533c00..320f8d1 100644
--- a/libcutils/uevent.c
+++ b/libcutils/uevent.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 /**
  * Like recv(), but checks that messages actually originate from the kernel.
  */
-ssize_t uevent_checked_recv(int socket, void *buffer, size_t length) {
+ssize_t uevent_kernel_multicast_recv(int socket, void *buffer, size_t length) {
     struct iovec iov = { buffer, length };
     struct sockaddr_nl addr;
     char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred))];
diff --git a/libsysutils/src/NetlinkListener.cpp b/libsysutils/src/NetlinkListener.cpp
index b24a45e..adea077 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/NetlinkListener.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/NetlinkListener.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     int socket = cli->getSocket();
     ssize_t count;
 
-    count = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(uevent_checked_recv(socket, mBuffer, sizeof(mBuffer)));
+    count = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(uevent_kernel_multicast_recv(socket, mBuffer, sizeof(mBuffer)));
     if (count < 0) {
         SLOGE("recvmsg failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
         return false;