diff --git a/C/c_interface.c b/C/c_interface.c
index dbf76ec95..c2a16b521 100644
--- a/C/c_interface.c
+++ b/C/c_interface.c
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ YAP_Init(YAP_init_args *yap_init)
 #ifdef YAPOR
   init_workers();
 #endif /* YAPOR */
-  init_local();
+  Yap_init_local();
 #ifdef YAPOR
   if (worker_id != 0) {
 #if SBA
diff --git a/OPTYap/opt.init.c b/OPTYap/opt.init.c
index 6e3e5dbbd..510c5b7a6 100644
--- a/OPTYap/opt.init.c
+++ b/OPTYap/opt.init.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void Yap_init_global(int max_table_size, int n_workers, int sch_loop, int delay_
 }
 
 
-void init_local(void) {
+void Yap_init_local(void) {
 #ifdef YAPOR
   /* local data related to or-parallelism */
   LOCAL = REMOTE + worker_id;
diff --git a/OPTYap/opt.proto.h b/OPTYap/opt.proto.h
index 46912aeae..16949fcd5 100644
--- a/OPTYap/opt.proto.h
+++ b/OPTYap/opt.proto.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void error_message(const char *mesg, ...);
 ** ------------ */
 
 void Yap_init_global(int max_table_size, int n_workers, int sch_loop, int delay_load);
-void init_local(void);
+void Yap_init_local(void);
 void make_root_frames(void);
 #ifdef YAPOR
 void init_workers(void);