diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_data.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_data.js
index f045fad074..da38bbc198 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_data.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_data.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ run_test("basics", () => {
     mld.remove([50]);
     assert_contents(mld, [10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 60, 70]);
 
-    mld.update_items_for_muting();
+    mld.update_items_for_topic_muting();
     assert_contents(mld, [10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 60, 70]);
 
     mld.reset_select_to_closest();
diff --git a/static/js/message_list.js b/static/js/message_list.js
index 70db0f5aec..f18c9f119d 100644
--- a/static/js/message_list.js
+++ b/static/js/message_list.js
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ export class MessageList {
     }
 
     update_topic_muting_and_rerender() {
-        this.data.update_items_for_muting();
+        this.data.update_items_for_topic_muting();
         if (this.data.excludes_muted_topics) {
             this.rerender();
         }
diff --git a/static/js/message_list_data.js b/static/js/message_list_data.js
index 58fce13be4..e490e7f1e1 100644
--- a/static/js/message_list_data.js
+++ b/static/js/message_list_data.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export class MessageListData {
         return this.messages_filtered_for_topic_mutes(messages);
     }
 
-    update_items_for_muting() {
+    update_items_for_topic_muting() {
         if (!this.excludes_muted_topics) {
             return;
         }