diff --git a/src/sys/socket/addr.rs b/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
index 193f18b363..9d22beea58 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ pub trait SockaddrLike: private::SockaddrLikePriv {
     }
 
     /// Return the available space in the structure
-    fn space() -> libc::socklen_t where Self: Sized {
+    fn size() -> libc::socklen_t where Self: Sized {
         mem::size_of::<Self>() as libc::socklen_t
     }
 }
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ impl SockaddrIn {
                   target_os = "macos",
                   target_os = "netbsd",
                   target_os = "openbsd"))]
-            sin_len: Self::space() as u8,
+            sin_len: Self::size() as u8,
             sin_family: AddressFamily::Inet as sa_family_t,
             sin_port: u16::to_be(port),
             sin_addr: libc::in_addr {
diff --git a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
index 813df61081..f5004b4541 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ unsafe fn pack_mhdr_to_receive<'a, I, S>(
         let mut mhdr = mem::MaybeUninit::<msghdr>::zeroed();
         let p = mhdr.as_mut_ptr();
         (*p).msg_name = (*address).as_mut_ptr() as *mut c_void;
-        (*p).msg_namelen = S::space();
+        (*p).msg_namelen = S::size();
         (*p).msg_iov = iov.as_ref().as_ptr() as *mut iovec;
         (*p).msg_iovlen = iov.as_ref().len() as _;
         (*p).msg_control = msg_control as *mut c_void;
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ pub fn setsockopt<O: SetSockOpt>(fd: RawFd, opt: O, val: &O::Val) -> Result<()>
 pub fn getpeername<T: SockaddrLike>(fd: RawFd) -> Result<T> {
     unsafe {
         let mut addr = mem::MaybeUninit::<T>::uninit();
-        let mut len = T::space();
+        let mut len = T::size();
 
         let ret = libc::getpeername(
             fd,
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ pub fn getpeername<T: SockaddrLike>(fd: RawFd) -> Result<T> {
 pub fn getsockname<T: SockaddrLike>(fd: RawFd) -> Result<T> {
     unsafe {
         let mut addr = mem::MaybeUninit::<T>::uninit();
-        let mut len = T::space();
+        let mut len = T::size();
 
         let ret = libc::getsockname(
             fd,