diff --git a/include/haproxy/pattern.h b/include/haproxy/pattern.h
index cfaadcafe..b8496da9d 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/pattern.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/pattern.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int pat_ref_delete(struct pat_ref *ref, const char *key);
 void pat_ref_delete_by_ptr(struct pat_ref *ref, struct pat_ref_elt *elt);
 int pat_ref_delete_by_id(struct pat_ref *ref, struct pat_ref_elt *refelt);
 int pat_ref_prune(struct pat_ref *ref);
-int pat_ref_commit(struct pat_ref *ref, struct pat_ref_elt *elt, char **err);
+int pat_ref_commit_elt(struct pat_ref *ref, struct pat_ref_elt *elt, char **err);
 int pat_ref_purge_older(struct pat_ref *ref, unsigned int oldest, int budget);
 void pat_ref_reload(struct pat_ref *ref, struct pat_ref *replace);
 
diff --git a/src/pattern.c b/src/pattern.c
index 0b3bea27d..8729769e5 100644
--- a/src/pattern.c
+++ b/src/pattern.c
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ int pat_ref_push(struct pat_ref_elt *elt, struct pattern_expr *expr,
  * pointer <err> may have been updated (and the caller must free it). Failure
  * causes include memory allocation, parsing error or indexing error.
  */
-int pat_ref_commit(struct pat_ref *ref, struct pat_ref_elt *elt, char **err)
+int pat_ref_commit_elt(struct pat_ref *ref, struct pat_ref_elt *elt, char **err)
 {
 	struct pattern_expr *expr;
 
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ struct pat_ref_elt *pat_ref_load(struct pat_ref *ref, unsigned int gen,
 	elt = pat_ref_append(ref, pattern, sample, line);
 	if (elt) {
 		elt->gen_id = gen;
-		if (!pat_ref_commit(ref, elt, err))
+		if (!pat_ref_commit_elt(ref, elt, err))
 			elt = NULL;
 	} else
 		memprintf(err, "out of memory error");