diff --git a/src/librustc/mir/interpret/value.rs b/src/librustc/mir/interpret/value.rs
index 706cf1cd09a7..bf4ee8488238 100644
--- a/src/librustc/mir/interpret/value.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/mir/interpret/value.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ impl<'tcx, Tag> Scalar<Tag> {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub fn ptr_null(cx: &impl HasDataLayout) -> Self {
+    pub fn null_ptr(cx: &impl HasDataLayout) -> Self {
         Scalar::Raw { data: 0, size: cx.data_layout().pointer_size.bytes() as u8 }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/place.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/place.rs
index 94c9a8b2a6d5..79cae21b234a 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/place.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/place.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl<Tag> MemPlace<Tag> {
     /// Produces a Place that will error if attempted to be read from or written to
     #[inline(always)]
     fn null(cx: &impl HasDataLayout) -> Self {
-        Self::from_scalar_ptr(Scalar::ptr_null(cx), Align::from_bytes(1).unwrap())
+        Self::from_scalar_ptr(Scalar::null_ptr(cx), Align::from_bytes(1).unwrap())
     }
 
     #[inline(always)]