diff --git a/passt.c b/passt.c
index 166cf4e..1b43904 100644
--- a/passt.c
+++ b/passt.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ loop:
 			tcp_timer_handler(&c, ref);
 			break;
 		case EPOLL_TYPE_UDP:
-			udp_sock_handler(&c, ref, eventmask, &now);
+			udp_buf_sock_handler(&c, ref, eventmask, &now);
 			break;
 		case EPOLL_TYPE_ICMP:
 			icmp_sock_handler(&c, AF_INET, ref);
diff --git a/udp.c b/udp.c
index 38e9754..a215120 100644
--- a/udp.c
+++ b/udp.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static void udp_tap_send(const struct ctx *c,
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
 /**
- * udp_sock_handler() - Handle new data from socket
+ * udp_buf_sock_handler() - Handle new data from socket
  * @c:		Execution context
  * @ref:	epoll reference
  * @events:	epoll events bitmap
@@ -752,8 +752,8 @@ static void udp_tap_send(const struct ctx *c,
  *
  * #syscalls recvmmsg
  */
-void udp_sock_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref, uint32_t events,
-		      const struct timespec *now)
+void udp_buf_sock_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref, uint32_t events,
+			  const struct timespec *now)
 {
 	/* For not entirely clear reasons (data locality?) pasta gets
 	 * better throughput if we receive tap datagrams one at a
diff --git a/udp.h b/udp.h
index 9976b62..5865def 100644
--- a/udp.h
+++ b/udp.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #define UDP_TIMER_INTERVAL		1000 /* ms */
 
 void udp_portmap_clear(void);
-void udp_sock_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref, uint32_t events,
+void udp_buf_sock_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref, uint32_t events,
 		      const struct timespec *now);
 int udp_tap_handler(struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif, sa_family_t af,
 		    const void *saddr, const void *daddr,