diff --git a/lib/util/util.c b/lib/util/util.c
index 8928026e80a..db71def4c4c 100644
--- a/lib/util/util.c
+++ b/lib/util/util.c
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ bool next_token_no_ltrim_talloc(TALLOC_CTX *ctx,
 }
 
 /* Map a shared memory buffer of at least nelem counters. */
-void *allocate_anonymous_shared(size_t bufsz)
+void *anonymous_shared_allocate(size_t bufsz)
 {
 	void *buf;
 	size_t pagesz = getpagesize();
diff --git a/lib/util/util.h b/lib/util/util.h
index 86bb3daace3..04ea20d07df 100644
--- a/lib/util/util.h
+++ b/lib/util/util.h
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ bool add_gid_to_array_unique(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, gid_t gid,
 /**
  * Allocate anonymous shared memory of the given size
  */
-void *allocate_anonymous_shared(size_t bufsz);
+void *anonymous_shared_allocate(size_t bufsz);
 
 /*
   run a command as a child process, with a timeout.
diff --git a/source3/smbd/signing.c b/source3/smbd/signing.c
index ad7fa872adc..65fe4571ce6 100644
--- a/source3/smbd/signing.c
+++ b/source3/smbd/signing.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ bool srv_init_signing(struct smbd_server_connection *conn)
 		}
 		s->shm_size = 4096;
 		s->shm_pointer =
-			(uint8_t *)allocate_anonymous_shared(s->shm_size);
+			(uint8_t *)anonymous_shared_allocate(s->shm_size);
 		if (s->shm_pointer == NULL) {
 			talloc_free(s);
 			return false;