diff --git a/include/haproxy/cli.h b/include/haproxy/cli.h
index 32c659944..537f306e4 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/cli.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/cli.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int cli_parse_default(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appctx, void *p
 /* mworker proxy functions */
 
 int mworker_cli_proxy_create(void);
-struct bind_conf *mworker_cli_proxy_new_listener(char *line);
+struct bind_conf *mworker_cli_master_proxy_new_listener(char *line);
 int mworker_cli_sockpair_new(struct mworker_proc *mworker_proc, int proc);
 void mworker_cli_proxy_stop(void);
 
diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index c890eb3f8..ea9fcd657 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -3386,7 +3386,7 @@ error_proxy:
 /*
  * Create a new listener for the master CLI proxy
  */
-struct bind_conf *mworker_cli_proxy_new_listener(char *line)
+struct bind_conf *mworker_cli_master_proxy_new_listener(char *line)
 {
 	struct bind_conf *bind_conf;
 	struct listener *l;
diff --git a/src/mworker.c b/src/mworker.c
index c47625c76..c125a1696 100644
--- a/src/mworker.c
+++ b/src/mworker.c
@@ -809,8 +809,7 @@ void mworker_create_master_cli(void)
 		}
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(c, it, &mworker_cli_conf, list) {
-
-			if (mworker_cli_proxy_new_listener(c->s) == NULL) {
+			if (mworker_cli_master_proxy_new_listener(c->s) == NULL) {
 				ha_alert("Can't create the master's CLI.\n");
 				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 			}
@@ -835,7 +834,8 @@ void mworker_create_master_cli(void)
 
 		/* Create the mcli_reload listener from the proc_self struct */
 		memprintf(&path, "sockpair@%d", proc_self->ipc_fd[1]);
-		mcli_reload_bind_conf = mworker_cli_proxy_new_listener(path);
+
+		mcli_reload_bind_conf = mworker_cli_master_proxy_new_listener(path);
 		if (mcli_reload_bind_conf == NULL) {
 			ha_alert("Can't create the mcli_reload listener.\n");
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);