diff --git a/src/devices/nm-device.c b/src/devices/nm-device.c
index ab30a4dbf3..8f41df8566 100644
--- a/src/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ _get_stable_id (NMDevice *self,
 		stable_type = nm_utils_stable_id_parse (stable_id,
 		                                        nm_device_get_ip_iface (self),
 		                                        !hwaddr_is_fake ? hwaddr : NULL,
-		                                        nm_utils_get_boot_id_str (),
+		                                        nm_utils_boot_id_str (),
 		                                        uuid,
 		                                        &generated);
 
diff --git a/src/nm-core-utils.c b/src/nm-core-utils.c
index bf009e1d91..22ca7afed1 100644
--- a/src/nm-core-utils.c
+++ b/src/nm-core-utils.c
@@ -2467,7 +2467,7 @@ again:
 				 * to read/write the secret-key to disk. Fallback to boot-id. The boot-id
 				 * itself may be fake and randomly generated ad-hoc, but that is as best
 				 * as it gets.  */
-				seed_bin = (const guint8 *) nm_utils_get_boot_id_bin ();
+				seed_bin = (const guint8 *) nm_utils_boot_id_bin ();
 				seed_len = sizeof (NMUuid);
 				fake_type = "boot-id";
 				hash_seed = "7ff0c8f5-5399-4901-ab63-61bf594abe8b";
@@ -2773,13 +2773,13 @@ again:
 }
 
 const char *
-nm_utils_get_boot_id_str (void)
+nm_utils_boot_id_str (void)
 {
 	return _boot_id_get ()->str;
 }
 
 const NMUuid *
-nm_utils_get_boot_id_bin (void)
+nm_utils_boot_id_bin (void)
 {
 	return &_boot_id_get ()->bin;
 }
diff --git a/src/nm-core-utils.h b/src/nm-core-utils.h
index 4f1a2bad54..dd09f3213b 100644
--- a/src/nm-core-utils.h
+++ b/src/nm-core-utils.h
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ const char *nm_utils_machine_id_str (void);
 const struct _NMUuid *nm_utils_machine_id_bin (void);
 gboolean nm_utils_machine_id_is_fake (void);
 
-const char *nm_utils_get_boot_id_str (void);
-const struct _NMUuid *nm_utils_get_boot_id_bin (void);
+const char *nm_utils_boot_id_str (void);
+const struct _NMUuid *nm_utils_boot_id_bin (void);
 
 gboolean nm_utils_host_id_get (const guint8 **out_host_id,
                                gsize *out_host_id_len);