diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 5e59c1ab1967a0516ef5e240286c36cab9ae2570..266c0decacac8c4386253e6f7bf2ce321b77c370 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -2145,7 +2145,7 @@ XLogFlush(XLogRecPtr record)
 		 * helps to maintain a good rate of group committing when the system
 		 * is bottlenecked by the speed of fsyncing.
 		 */
-		if (!LWLockWaitUntilFree(WALWriteLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE))
+		if (!LWLockAcquireOrWait(WALWriteLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE))
 		{
 			/*
 			 * The lock is now free, but we didn't acquire it yet. Before we
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lwlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lwlock.c
index 5d2873100de5130f268edd503040e4804bb44778..f1523760e5d6761abaaa08970a9b55db1014f0a4 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lwlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lwlock.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ LWLockConditionalAcquire(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode)
 }
 
 /*
- * LWLockWaitUntilFree - Wait until a lock is free
+ * LWLockAcquireOrWait - Acquire lock, or wait until it's free
  *
  * The semantics of this function are a bit funky.  If the lock is currently
  * free, it is acquired in the given mode, and the function returns true.  If
@@ -586,14 +586,14 @@ LWLockConditionalAcquire(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode)
  * wake up, observe that their records have already been flushed, and return.
  */
 bool
-LWLockWaitUntilFree(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode)
+LWLockAcquireOrWait(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode)
 {
 	volatile LWLock *lock = &(LWLockArray[lockid].lock);
 	PGPROC	   *proc = MyProc;
 	bool		mustwait;
 	int			extraWaits = 0;
 
-	PRINT_LWDEBUG("LWLockWaitUntilFree", lockid, lock);
+	PRINT_LWDEBUG("LWLockAcquireOrWait", lockid, lock);
 
 #ifdef LWLOCK_STATS
 	/* Set up local count state first time through in a given process */
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ LWLockWaitUntilFree(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode)
 		 * Wait until awakened.  Like in LWLockAcquire, be prepared for bogus
 		 * wakups, because we share the semaphore with ProcWaitForSignal.
 		 */
-		LOG_LWDEBUG("LWLockWaitUntilFree", lockid, "waiting");
+		LOG_LWDEBUG("LWLockAcquireOrWait", lockid, "waiting");
 
 #ifdef LWLOCK_STATS
 		block_counts[lockid]++;
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ LWLockWaitUntilFree(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode)
 
 		TRACE_POSTGRESQL_LWLOCK_WAIT_DONE(lockid, mode);
 
-		LOG_LWDEBUG("LWLockWaitUntilFree", lockid, "awakened");
+		LOG_LWDEBUG("LWLockAcquireOrWait", lockid, "awakened");
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ LWLockWaitUntilFree(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode)
 	{
 		/* Failed to get lock, so release interrupt holdoff */
 		RESUME_INTERRUPTS();
-		LOG_LWDEBUG("LWLockWaitUntilFree", lockid, "failed");
+		LOG_LWDEBUG("LWLockAcquireOrWait", lockid, "failed");
 		TRACE_POSTGRESQL_LWLOCK_WAIT_UNTIL_FREE_FAIL(lockid, mode);
 	}
 	else
diff --git a/src/include/storage/lwlock.h b/src/include/storage/lwlock.h
index c684964a34fe25cd07646b6d48c4ac87d37cd544..57a4f66a1bbce75e2ada6390879489525a9484c3 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/lwlock.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/lwlock.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ extern bool Trace_lwlocks;
 extern LWLockId LWLockAssign(void);
 extern void LWLockAcquire(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode);
 extern bool LWLockConditionalAcquire(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode);
-extern bool LWLockWaitUntilFree(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode);
+extern bool LWLockAcquireOrWait(LWLockId lockid, LWLockMode mode);
 extern void LWLockRelease(LWLockId lockid);
 extern void LWLockReleaseAll(void);
 extern bool LWLockHeldByMe(LWLockId lockid);