diff --git a/src/libstd/sync/rwlock.rs b/src/libstd/sync/rwlock.rs
index 04efbf893ea0..7b6738383397 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sync/rwlock.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sync/rwlock.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ unsafe impl Sync for StaticRwLock {}
 
 /// Constant initialization for a statically-initialized rwlock.
 #[unstable = "may be merged with RwLock in the future"]
-pub const RWLOCK_INIT: StaticRwLock = StaticRwLock {
+pub const RW_LOCK_INIT: StaticRwLock = StaticRwLock {
     lock: sys::RWLOCK_INIT,
     poison: poison::FLAG_INIT,
 };