diff --git a/librb/include/rb_event.h b/librb/include/rb_event.h
index 84d9d172..a99e485d 100644
--- a/librb/include/rb_event.h
+++ b/librb/include/rb_event.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void rb_event_find_delete(EVH * func, void *);
 void rb_event_update(struct ev_entry *, time_t freq);
 void rb_set_back_events(time_t);
 void rb_dump_events(void (*func) (char *, void *), void *ptr);
-void rb_run_event(struct ev_entry *);
+void rb_run_one_event(struct ev_entry *);
 time_t rb_event_next(void);
 
 #endif /* INCLUDED_event_h */
diff --git a/librb/src/epoll.c b/librb/src/epoll.c
index 1d4d6272..9af4bc67 100644
--- a/librb/src/epoll.c
+++ b/librb/src/epoll.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ signalfd_handler(rb_fde_t *F, void *data)
 #endif
 			if(ev == NULL)
 				continue;
-			rb_run_event(ev);
+			rb_run_one_event(ev);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ rb_read_timerfd(rb_fde_t *F, void *data)
 		return;
 	}
 	rb_setselect(F, RB_SELECT_READ, rb_read_timerfd, event);
-	rb_run_event(event);
+	rb_run_one_event(event);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/librb/src/event.c b/librb/src/event.c
index cdf41474..f678e3cc 100644
--- a/librb/src/event.c
+++ b/librb/src/event.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ rb_event_addish(const char *name, EVH * func, void *arg, time_t delta_ish)
 
 
 void
-rb_run_event(struct ev_entry *ev)
+rb_run_one_event(struct ev_entry *ev)
 {
 	rb_strlcpy(last_event_ran, ev->name, sizeof(last_event_ran));
 	ev->func(ev->arg);
diff --git a/librb/src/export-syms.txt b/librb/src/export-syms.txt
index 7a1b0cc5..ac2667fc 100644
--- a/librb/src/export-syms.txt
+++ b/librb/src/export-syms.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ rb_rawbuf_get
 rb_rawbuf_length
 rb_read
 rb_recv_fd_buf
-rb_run_event
+rb_run_one_event
 rb_select
 rb_send_fd_buf
 rb_set_buffers
diff --git a/librb/src/kqueue.c b/librb/src/kqueue.c
index 98e286b7..74f1bf34 100644
--- a/librb/src/kqueue.c
+++ b/librb/src/kqueue.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ rb_select_kqueue(long delay)
 			break;
 #if defined(EVFILT_TIMER)
 		case EVFILT_TIMER:
-			rb_run_event(kqout[i].udata);
+			rb_run_one_event(kqout[i].udata);
 			break;
 #endif
 		default:
diff --git a/librb/src/ports.c b/librb/src/ports.c
index 1527a915..ba12e5a4 100644
--- a/librb/src/ports.c
+++ b/librb/src/ports.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ rb_select_ports(long delay)
 		} else if(pelst[i].portev_source == PORT_SOURCE_TIMER)
 		{
 			ev = (struct ev_entry *)pelst[i].portev_user;
-			rb_run_event(ev);
+			rb_run_one_event(ev);
 		}
 	}
 	return RB_OK;
diff --git a/librb/src/sigio.c b/librb/src/sigio.c
index d5faa171..0c484626 100644
--- a/librb/src/sigio.c
+++ b/librb/src/sigio.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ rb_select_sigio(long delay)
 					struct ev_entry *ev = (struct ev_entry *)si.si_ptr;
 					if(ev == NULL)
 						continue;
-					rb_run_event(ev);
+					rb_run_one_event(ev);
 					continue;
 				}
 #endif