diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/writebarrier.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/writebarrier.go
index 0daff45b43..129a06eecb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/writebarrier.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/writebarrier.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func needwb(v *Value) bool {
 	if !ok {
 		v.Fatalf("store aux is not a type: %s", v.LongString())
 	}
-	if !t.HasPointer() {
+	if !t.HasHeapPointer() {
 		return false
 	}
 	if IsStackAddr(v.Args[0]) {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/type.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/type.go
index 7033dd2b9a..92b5d2da95 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/type.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/type.go
@@ -1391,10 +1391,10 @@ func Haspointers(t *Type) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// HasPointer returns whether t contains heap pointer.
+// HasHeapPointer returns whether t contains a heap pointer.
 // This is used for write barrier insertion, so we ignore
 // pointers to go:notinheap types.
-func (t *Type) HasPointer() bool {
+func (t *Type) HasHeapPointer() bool {
 	if t.IsPtr() && t.Elem().NotInHeap() {
 		return false
 	}