diff --git a/gst/gstbuffer.c b/gst/gstbuffer.c
index 97b1b9fc31..a766796387 100644
--- a/gst/gstbuffer.c
+++ b/gst/gstbuffer.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ gst_buffer_new_wrapped_bytes (GBytes * bytes)
 }
 
 /**
- * gst_buffer_new_copy:
+ * gst_buffer_new_memdup:
  * @data: (array length=size) (element-type guint8) (transfer none): data to copy into new buffer
  * @size: size of @data in bytes
  *
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ gst_buffer_new_wrapped_bytes (GBytes * bytes)
  * Since: 1.20
  */
 GstBuffer *
-gst_buffer_new_copy (gconstpointer data, gsize size)
+gst_buffer_new_memdup (gconstpointer data, gsize size)
 {
   gpointer data2 = g_memdup (data, size);
 
diff --git a/gst/gstbuffer.h b/gst/gstbuffer.h
index 0b9e77da57..ee352d9f5e 100644
--- a/gst/gstbuffer.h
+++ b/gst/gstbuffer.h
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ GST_API
 GstBuffer * gst_buffer_new_wrapped_bytes   (GBytes * bytes);
 
 GST_API
-GstBuffer * gst_buffer_new_copy            (gconstpointer data, gsize size);
+GstBuffer * gst_buffer_new_memdup           (gconstpointer data, gsize size);
 
 /* memory blocks */
 
diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstbuffer.c b/tests/check/gst/gstbuffer.c
index 6a2ed31b5b..b9cc35f41b 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstbuffer.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstbuffer.c
@@ -923,12 +923,12 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_wrapped_bytes)
 
 GST_END_TEST;
 
-GST_START_TEST (test_new_copy)
+GST_START_TEST (test_new_memdup)
 {
   GstBuffer *buf;
   GstMemory *mem;
 
-  buf = gst_buffer_new_copy (ro_memory, sizeof (ro_memory));
+  buf = gst_buffer_new_memdup (ro_memory, sizeof (ro_memory));
 
   fail_if (gst_buffer_memcmp (buf, 0, ro_memory, sizeof (ro_memory)));
   fail_unless_equals_int (gst_buffer_get_size (buf), sizeof (ro_memory));
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ gst_buffer_suite (void)
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_parent_buffer_meta);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_writable_memory);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_wrapped_bytes);
-  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_new_copy);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_new_memdup);
 
   return s;
 }