diff --git a/src/core/nm-active-connection.c b/src/core/nm-active-connection.c
index 4488d909e3..0caa499f7f 100644
--- a/src/core/nm-active-connection.c
+++ b/src/core/nm-active-connection.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ _set_applied_connection_take(NMActiveConnection *self, NMConnection *applied_con
     if (nm_setting_connection_get_master(s_con))
         flags_val |= NM_ACTIVATION_STATE_FLAG_IS_SLAVE;
 
-    if (_nm_connection_type_is_master(nm_setting_connection_get_connection_type(s_con)))
+    if (_nm_connection_type_is_controller(nm_setting_connection_get_connection_type(s_con)))
         flags_val |= NM_ACTIVATION_STATE_FLAG_IS_MASTER;
 
     nm_active_connection_set_state_flags_full(self,
diff --git a/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c b/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c
index 2ea097fd98..a922b753fc 100644
--- a/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c
+++ b/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c
@@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ write_connection_setting(NMSettingConnection *s_con, shvarFile *ifcfg)
 
     /* Only save the value for master connections */
     type = nm_setting_connection_get_connection_type(s_con);
-    if (_nm_connection_type_is_master(type)) {
+    if (_nm_connection_type_is_controller(type)) {
         NMSettingConnectionAutoconnectSlaves autoconnect_slaves;
         autoconnect_slaves = nm_setting_connection_get_autoconnect_slaves(s_con);
         svSetValueStr(ifcfg,
diff --git a/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h b/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h
index 9e9d55aa09..fd03d0d40e 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h
+++ b/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ GHashTable *_nm_tc_action_get_attributes(NMTCAction *action);
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 static inline gboolean
-_nm_connection_type_is_master(const char *type)
+_nm_connection_type_is_controller(const char *type)
 {
     return (NM_IN_STRSET(type,
                          NM_SETTING_BOND_SETTING_NAME,