diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
index 132825af41..96eaf812a0 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -12367,7 +12367,7 @@ _dev_ipshared4_start(NMDevice *self)
         goto out_fail;
 
     priv->ipshared_data_4.v4.firewall_config =
-        nm_firewall_config_new(ip_iface, ip4_addr.address, ip4_addr.plen);
+        nm_firewall_config_new_shared(ip_iface, ip4_addr.address, ip4_addr.plen);
     nm_firewall_config_apply(priv->ipshared_data_4.v4.firewall_config, TRUE);
 
     priv->ipshared_data_4.v4.l3cd = nm_l3_config_data_ref(l3cd);
diff --git a/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.c b/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.c
index f4efdafb08..6f6736ac38 100644
--- a/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.c
+++ b/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ _fw_nft_call_sync(GBytes *stdin_buf, GError **error)
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 static void
-_fw_nft_set(gboolean up, const char *ip_iface, in_addr_t addr, guint8 plen)
+_fw_nft_set_shared(gboolean up, const char *ip_iface, in_addr_t addr, guint8 plen)
 {
     nm_auto_str_buf NMStrBuf strbuf = NM_STR_BUF_INIT(NM_UTILS_GET_NEXT_REALLOC_SIZE_1000, FALSE);
     gs_unref_bytes GBytes   *stdin_buf  = NULL;
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ struct _NMFirewallConfig {
 };
 
 NMFirewallConfig *
-nm_firewall_config_new(const char *ip_iface, in_addr_t addr, guint8 plen)
+nm_firewall_config_new_shared(const char *ip_iface, in_addr_t addr, guint8 plen)
 {
     NMFirewallConfig *self;
 
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ nm_firewall_config_apply(NMFirewallConfig *self, gboolean up)
         _share_iptables_set_shared(up, self->ip_iface, self->addr, self->plen);
         break;
     case NM_FIREWALL_BACKEND_NFTABLES:
-        _fw_nft_set(up, self->ip_iface, self->addr, self->plen);
+        _fw_nft_set_shared(up, self->ip_iface, self->addr, self->plen);
         break;
     case NM_FIREWALL_BACKEND_NONE:
         break;
diff --git a/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.h b/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.h
index 7ef5222751..16fe7bd6c6 100644
--- a/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.h
+++ b/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ NMFirewallBackend nm_firewall_utils_get_backend(void);
 
 typedef struct _NMFirewallConfig NMFirewallConfig;
 
-NMFirewallConfig *nm_firewall_config_new(const char *ip_iface, in_addr_t addr, guint8 plen);
+NMFirewallConfig *nm_firewall_config_new_shared(const char *ip_iface, in_addr_t addr, guint8 plen);
 
 void nm_firewall_config_free(NMFirewallConfig *self);