diff --git a/source/lib/ldb/common/ldb_modules.c b/source/lib/ldb/common/ldb_modules.c
index d898f3df03e..71a02205019 100644
--- a/source/lib/ldb/common/ldb_modules.c
+++ b/source/lib/ldb/common/ldb_modules.c
@@ -231,10 +231,12 @@ int ldb_try_load_dso(struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *name)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	init_fn = (int (*)(void))dlsym(handle, "init_module");
+	init_fn = (int (*)(void))dlsym(handle, "init_shared_module");
 
 	if (init_fn == NULL) {
-		ldb_debug(ldb, LDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "no symbol `init_module' found in %s: %s\n", path, dlerror());
+		ldb_debug(ldb, LDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "no symbol "
+			  "`init_shared_module' found in %s: %s\n", path,
+			  dlerror());
 		dlclose(handle);
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/source/lib/module.c b/source/lib/module.c
index 285bd9c4c07..dee0623094e 100644
--- a/source/lib/module.c
+++ b/source/lib/module.c
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ static NTSTATUS do_smb_load_module(const char *module_name, bool is_probe)
 		return NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL;
 	}
 
-	init = (init_module_function *)sys_dlsym(handle, "init_module");
+	init = (init_module_function *)sys_dlsym(handle, "init_shared_module");
 
 	/* we must check sys_dlerror() to determine if it worked, because
            sys_dlsym() can validly return NULL */
 	error = sys_dlerror();
 	if (error) {
-		DEBUG(0, ("Error trying to resolve symbol 'init_module' in %s: %s\n", 
-			  module_name, error));
+		DEBUG(0, ("Error trying to resolve symbol 'init_shared_module' "
+			  "in %s: %s\n", module_name, error));
 		sys_dlclose(handle);
 		return NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL;
 	}
diff --git a/source/m4/aclocal.m4 b/source/m4/aclocal.m4
index 48cdacc9c8a..71b3b696567 100644
--- a/source/m4/aclocal.m4
+++ b/source/m4/aclocal.m4
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(SMB_MODULE,
 	fi
 	
 	if test x"$DEST" = xSHARED; then
-		AC_DEFINE([$1][_init], [init_module], [Whether to build $1 as shared module])
+		AC_DEFINE([$1][_init], [init_shared_module], [Whether to build $1 as shared module])
 		$4_MODULES="$$4_MODULES $3"
 		AC_MSG_RESULT([shared])
 		[$6]