diff --git a/src/util-device.c b/src/util-device.c
index 54602fe398..94d48df9a7 100644
--- a/src/util-device.c
+++ b/src/util-device.c
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ int LiveGetDeviceCount(void) {
 }
 
 /**
- *  \brief Get a pointer to the device at idx
+ *  \brief Get a pointer to the device name at idx
  *
  *  \param number idx of the device in our list
  *
  *  \retval ptr pointer to the string containing the device
  *  \retval NULL on error
  */
-char *LiveGetDevice(int number) {
+char *LiveGetDeviceName(int number) {
     int i = 0;
     LiveDevice *pd;
 
diff --git a/src/util-device.h b/src/util-device.h
index ed142aa8b3..77b99bd23c 100644
--- a/src/util-device.h
+++ b/src/util-device.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ typedef struct LiveDevice_ {
 
 int LiveRegisterDevice(char *dev);
 int LiveGetDeviceCount(void);
-char *LiveGetDevice(int number);
+char *LiveGetDeviceName(int number);
 int LiveBuildDeviceList(char * base);
 
 #endif /* __UTIL_DEVICE_H__ */
diff --git a/src/util-runmodes.c b/src/util-runmodes.c
index f52dac30a1..156db97a07 100644
--- a/src/util-runmodes.c
+++ b/src/util-runmodes.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int RunModeSetLiveCaptureAuto(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
         SCLogInfo("Using %d live device(s).", nlive);
 
         for (thread = 0; thread < nlive; thread++) {
-            char *live_dev = LiveGetDevice(thread);
+            char *live_dev = LiveGetDeviceName(thread);
             char *tnamec = NULL;
             void *aconf;
 
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ int RunModeSetLiveCaptureAutoFp(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
         int lthread;
 
         for (lthread = 0; lthread < nlive; lthread++) {
-            char *live_dev = LiveGetDevice(lthread);
+            char *live_dev = LiveGetDeviceName(lthread);
             void *aconf;
             int threads_count;
 
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ int RunModeSetLiveCaptureWorkers(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
                 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
             }
         } else {
-            live_dev_c = LiveGetDevice(ldev);
+            live_dev_c = LiveGetDeviceName(ldev);
             aconf = ConfigParser(live_dev_c);
         }
         RunModeSetLiveCaptureWorkersForDevice(de_ctx,
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ int RunModeSetLiveCaptureSingle(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
     if (live_dev != NULL) {
         aconf = ConfigParser(live_dev);
     } else {
-        char *live_dev_c = LiveGetDevice(0);
+        char *live_dev_c = LiveGetDeviceName(0);
         aconf = ConfigParser(live_dev_c);
         /* \todo Set threads number in config to 1 */
     }
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ int RunModeSetIPSAuto(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nqueue; i++) {
         /* create the threads */
-        cur_queue = LiveGetDevice(i);
+        cur_queue = LiveGetDeviceName(i);
         if (cur_queue == NULL) {
             printf("ERROR: Invalid queue number\n");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ int RunModeSetIPSAutoFp(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nqueue; i++) {
     /* create the threads */
-        cur_queue = LiveGetDevice(i);
+        cur_queue = LiveGetDeviceName(i);
         if (cur_queue == NULL) {
             printf("ERROR: Invalid queue number\n");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ int RunModeSetIPSWorker(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nqueue; i++) {
         /* create the threads */
-        cur_queue = LiveGetDevice(i);
+        cur_queue = LiveGetDeviceName(i);
         if (cur_queue == NULL) {
             printf("ERROR: Invalid queue number\n");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);