diff --git a/client/dbus-proxy.c b/client/dbus-proxy.c
index 21f1bbd1..402cf7b3 100644
--- a/client/dbus-proxy.c
+++ b/client/dbus-proxy.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static const void *proxy_interface_property_tostr(
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void proxy_interface_property_set(struct proxy_interface *proxy,
+static void proxy_interface_property_update(struct proxy_interface *proxy,
 					const char *name,
 					struct l_dbus_message_iter *variant)
 {
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ static void proxy_interface_property_set(struct proxy_interface *proxy,
 		if (strcmp(property_table[i].name, name))
 			continue;
 
-		if (!property_table[i].set)
+		if (!property_table[i].update)
 			return;
 
-		property_table[i].set(proxy->data, variant);
+		property_table[i].update(proxy->data, variant);
 
 		return;
 	}
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ static void interface_update_properties(struct proxy_interface *proxy,
 	struct l_dbus_message_iter variant;
 
 	while (l_dbus_message_iter_next_entry(changed, &name, &variant))
-		proxy_interface_property_set(proxy, name, &variant);
+		proxy_interface_property_update(proxy, name, &variant);
 
 	if (!invalidated)
 		return;
 
 	while (l_dbus_message_iter_next_entry(invalidated, &name))
-		proxy_interface_property_set(proxy, name, NULL);
+		proxy_interface_property_update(proxy, name, NULL);
 }
 
 char *proxy_property_str_completion(const struct proxy_interface_type *type,
diff --git a/client/dbus-proxy.h b/client/dbus-proxy.h
index b6caef11..e851e2da 100644
--- a/client/dbus-proxy.h
+++ b/client/dbus-proxy.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ typedef bool (*proxy_property_match_func_t) (const void *a, const void *b);
 struct proxy_interface_property {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *type;
-	void (*set)(void *data, struct l_dbus_message_iter *variant);
+	void (*update)(void *data, struct l_dbus_message_iter *variant);
 	const char *(*tostr)(const void *data);
 	const bool is_read_write;
 };