diff --git a/src/box/applier.cc b/src/box/applier.cc
index ff40e03c6b28f765990d37c992aa227aabebaf8f..8666a3a98418d33eebb35c7546ac03603360d956 100644
--- a/src/box/applier.cc
+++ b/src/box/applier.cc
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ applier_apply_tx(struct stailq *rows)
 	trigger_create(on_commit, applier_txn_commit_cb, NULL, NULL);
 	txn_on_commit(txn, on_commit);
 
-	if (txn_write(txn) < 0)
+	if (txn_commit_async(txn) < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
 	/* Transaction was sent to journal so promote vclock. */
diff --git a/src/box/txn.c b/src/box/txn.c
index 6799f6c4bb5544a9b283b385da71c6be00bdac7a..9f61303ab2d46bdad515101ee1fd15b6ea75dafc 100644
--- a/src/box/txn.c
+++ b/src/box/txn.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ txn_prepare(struct txn *txn)
 }
 
 int
-txn_write(struct txn *txn)
+txn_commit_async(struct txn *txn)
 {
 	if (txn_prepare(txn) != 0) {
 		txn_rollback(txn);
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ txn_commit(struct txn *txn)
 {
 	txn->fiber = fiber();
 
-	if (txn_write(txn) != 0)
+	if (txn_commit_async(txn) != 0)
 		return -1;
 	/*
 	 * In case of non-yielding journal the transaction could already
diff --git a/src/box/txn.h b/src/box/txn.h
index 7a7e5295410e7e5599b2902cdaaaae5000557150..b950e2e188b2941e440872b9d3cfe72250480ad5 100644
--- a/src/box/txn.h
+++ b/src/box/txn.h
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ txn_rollback(struct txn *txn);
  * freed.
  */
 int
-txn_write(struct txn *txn);
+txn_commit_async(struct txn *txn);
 
 /**
  * Most txns don't have triggers, and txn objects