diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/controller/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/controller/mod.rs
index 13088594940..33e47371fb2 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/controller/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/controller/mod.rs
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ impl<P: RoomDataProvider> TimelineController<P> {
         // now we may want to replace a populated timeline with an empty one.
         if !state.items.is_empty() || !events.is_empty() {
             state
-                .replace_with_remove_events(
+                .replace_with_remote_events(
                     events,
                     TimelineEnd::Back,
                     origin,
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/controller/state.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/controller/state.rs
index 7aebfb4f4f3..ef71404296b 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/controller/state.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/controller/state.rs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ impl TimelineState {
     /// Note: when the `position` is [`TimelineEnd::Front`], prepended events
     /// should be ordered in *reverse* topological order, that is, `events[0]`
     /// is the most recent.
-    pub(super) async fn replace_with_remove_events<P: RoomDataProvider>(
+    pub(super) async fn replace_with_remote_events<P: RoomDataProvider>(
         &mut self,
         events: Vec<SyncTimelineEvent>,
         position: TimelineEnd,