diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/scandir-compat11.c b/lib/libc/gen/scandir-compat11.c
--- a/lib/libc/gen/scandir-compat11.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/scandir-compat11.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 #define	SELECT(x)	select(x)
 
-static int freebsd11_alphasort_thunk(void *thunk, const void *p1,
+static int freebsd11_scandir_thunk_cmp(void *thunk, const void *p1,
     const void *p2);
 
 int
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 	closedir(dirp);
 	if (numitems && dcomp != NULL)
 		qsort_r(names, numitems, sizeof(struct freebsd11_dirent *),
-		    &dcomp, freebsd11_alphasort_thunk);
+		    &dcomp, freebsd11_scandir_thunk_cmp);
 	*namelist = names;
 	return (numitems);
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 }
 
 static int
-freebsd11_alphasort_thunk(void *thunk, const void *p1, const void *p2)
+freebsd11_scandir_thunk_cmp(void *thunk, const void *p1, const void *p2)
 {
 	int (*dc)(const struct freebsd11_dirent **, const struct
 	    freebsd11_dirent **);
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/scandir.c b/lib/libc/gen/scandir.c
--- a/lib/libc/gen/scandir.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/scandir.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 typedef DECLARE_BLOCK(int, dcomp_block, const struct dirent **,
     const struct dirent **);
 #else
-static int alphasort_thunk(void *thunk, const void *p1, const void *p2);
+static int scandir_thunk_cmp(void *thunk, const void *p1, const void *p2);
 #endif
 
 static int
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 		qsort_b(names, numitems, sizeof(struct dirent *), (void*)dcomp);
 #else
 		qsort_r(names, numitems, sizeof(struct dirent *),
-		    &dcomp, alphasort_thunk);
+		    &dcomp, scandir_thunk_cmp);
 #endif
 	*namelist = names;
 	return (numitems);
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 }
 
 static int
-alphasort_thunk(void *thunk, const void *p1, const void *p2)
+scandir_thunk_cmp(void *thunk, const void *p1, const void *p2)
 {
 	int (*dc)(const struct dirent **, const struct dirent **);