diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c b/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c
index 0c1ff34e5d..c01c1cf6d6 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int dhcp_identifier_set_iaid(
                                 /* device is under renaming */
                                 return -EBUSY;
 
-                        name = net_get_name(device);
+                        name = net_get_name_persistent(device);
                 }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.c b/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.c
index a112b9f70f..1a588f10d3 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-const char *net_get_name(sd_device *device) {
+const char *net_get_name_persistent(sd_device *device) {
         const char *name, *field;
 
         assert(device);
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ int net_get_unique_predictable_data(sd_device *device, uint64_t *result) {
 
         assert(device);
 
-        /* net_get_name() will return one of the device names based on stable information about the
-         * device. If this is not available, we fall back to using the device name. */
-        name = net_get_name(device);
+        /* net_get_name_persistent() will return one of the device names based on stable information about
+         * the device. If this is not available, we fall back to using the actual device name. */
+        name = net_get_name_persistent(device);
         if (!name)
                 (void) sd_device_get_sysname(device, &name);
         if (!name)
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.h b/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.h
index 62f5a4a76c..bb2bd8b35b 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_ifalias);
 CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_bridge_port_priority);
 
 int net_get_unique_predictable_data(sd_device *device, uint64_t *result);
-const char *net_get_name(sd_device *device);
+const char *net_get_name_persistent(sd_device *device);
 
 size_t serialize_in_addrs(FILE *f,
                           const struct in_addr *addresses,