diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/surround_return.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/surround_return.h
index 247d2b7cd7..d276f0a761 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/surround_return.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/surround_return.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public:
 
 	/* XXX this is only for testing */
 	void set_bed_mix (bool on, std::string const& ref, int* cmap = NULL);
-	void set_sync_and_return (bool on);
+	void set_sync_and_align (bool on);
 
 	int set_state (XMLNode const&, int version);
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
index 44e8fbc2fd..9ee735c756 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@ LuaBindings::common (lua_State* L)
 
 		.deriveWSPtrClass <SurroundReturn, Processor> ("SurroundReturn")
 		.addFunction ("set_bed_mix", &SurroundReturn::set_bed_mix)
-		.addFunction ("set_sync_and_return", &SurroundReturn::set_sync_and_return)
+		.addFunction ("set_sync_and_align", &SurroundReturn::set_sync_and_align)
 		.addFunction ("have_au_renderer", &SurroundReturn::have_au_renderer)
 		.addFunction ("load_au_preset", &SurroundReturn::load_au_preset)
 		.addFunction ("set_au_param", &SurroundReturn::set_au_param)
diff --git a/libs/ardour/surround_return.cc b/libs/ardour/surround_return.cc
index e3ecdc73d7..0db433c278 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/surround_return.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/surround_return.cc
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ SurroundReturn::set_bed_mix (bool on, std::string const& ref, int* cmap)
 }
 
 void
-SurroundReturn::set_sync_and_return (bool on)
+SurroundReturn::set_sync_and_align (bool on)
 {
 	if (_sync_and_align == on) {
 		return;