diff --git a/src/t8_schemes/t8_scheme.cxx b/src/t8_schemes/t8_scheme.cxx
index 8bdbaeae6f..8dbd2914d5 100644
--- a/src/t8_schemes/t8_scheme.cxx
+++ b/src/t8_schemes/t8_scheme.cxx
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ t8_element_get_last_descendant (const t8_scheme_c *scheme, const t8_eclass_t tre
 }
 
 void
-t8_element_get_successor (const t8_scheme_c *scheme, const t8_eclass_t tree_class, const t8_element_t *elem1,
-                          t8_element_t *elem2)
+t8_element_construct_successor (const t8_scheme_c *scheme, const t8_eclass_t tree_class, const t8_element_t *elem1,
+                                t8_element_t *elem2)
 {
   return scheme->element_construct_successor (tree_class, elem1, elem2);
 }
diff --git a/src/t8_schemes/t8_scheme.h b/src/t8_schemes/t8_scheme.h
index 0c3d16ef49..ba70bacf28 100644
--- a/src/t8_schemes/t8_scheme.h
+++ b/src/t8_schemes/t8_scheme.h
@@ -639,8 +639,8 @@ t8_element_get_last_descendant (const t8_scheme_c *scheme, const t8_eclass_t tre
  * \param [in,out] elem2  The element whose entries will be set.
  */
 void
-t8_element_get_successor (const t8_scheme_c *scheme, const t8_eclass_t tree_class, const t8_element_t *elem1,
-                          t8_element_t *elem2);
+t8_element_construct_successor (const t8_scheme_c *scheme, const t8_eclass_t tree_class, const t8_element_t *elem1,
+                                t8_element_t *elem2);
 
 /** Compute the coordinates of a given element vertex inside a reference tree
    *  that is embedded into [0,1]^d (d = dimension).