diff --git a/include/ntfs-3g/attrib.h b/include/ntfs-3g/attrib.h
index e2cf41b3..f2a180c9 100644
--- a/include/ntfs-3g/attrib.h
+++ b/include/ntfs-3g/attrib.h
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ extern int ntfs_attr_data_write(ntfs_inode *ni,
 		const char *buf, size_t size, off_t offset);
 extern int ntfs_attr_shrink_size(ntfs_inode *ni, ntfschar *stream_name,
 		int stream_name_len, off_t offset);
-extern int ntfs_attr_consistent(const ATTR_RECORD *a, const MFT_REF mref);
+extern int ntfs_attr_inconsistent(const ATTR_RECORD *a, const MFT_REF mref);
 
 #endif /* defined _NTFS_ATTRIB_H */
 
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/attrib.c b/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
index b831c2bb..420fb493 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
@@ -3402,7 +3402,7 @@ not_found:
  *		-1 with errno = EIO otherwise
  */
 
-int ntfs_attr_consistent(const ATTR_RECORD *a, const MFT_REF mref)
+int ntfs_attr_inconsistent(const ATTR_RECORD *a, const MFT_REF mref)
 {
 	const FILE_NAME_ATTR *fn;
 	const INDEX_ROOT *ir;
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/mft.c b/libntfs-3g/mft.c
index cc244871..d0a601ff 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/mft.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/mft.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ int ntfs_mft_record_check(const ntfs_volume *vol, const MFT_REF mref,
 		    && (le32_to_cpu(a->type) >= le32_to_cpu(previous_type))) {
 			if ((le32_to_cpu(a->length) <= (u32)space)
 			    && !(le32_to_cpu(a->length) & 7)) {
-				if (!ntfs_attr_consistent(a, mref)) {
+				if (!ntfs_attr_inconsistent(a, mref)) {
 					previous_type = a->type;
 					offset += le32_to_cpu(a->length);
 					space -= le32_to_cpu(a->length);