diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
index c2b8bf82..a9684832 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static void sigar_set_pointer(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, const void *ptr) {
 #endif
 }
 
-int jsigar_init_list(JNIEnv *env, jsigar_list_t *obj)
+int jsigar_list_init(JNIEnv *env, jsigar_list_t *obj)
 {
     jclass listclass =
         JENV->FindClass(env, "java/util/ArrayList");
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.h b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.h
index 021cc9f3..43093b9d 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.h
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ typedef struct {
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-int jsigar_init_list(JNIEnv *env, jsigar_list_t *obj);
+int jsigar_list_init(JNIEnv *env, jsigar_list_t *obj);
 
 int jsigar_list_add(void *data, char *value, int len);