diff --git a/src/bitops.c b/src/bitops.c
index 47f768c3..1c2e13dd 100644
--- a/src/bitops.c
+++ b/src/bitops.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int getBitOffsetFromArgument(redisClient *c, robj *o, size_t *offset) {
 /* Count number of bits set in the binary array pointed by 's' and long
  * 'count' bytes. The implementation of this function is required to
  * work with a input string length up to 512 MB. */
-size_t popcount(void *s, long count) {
+size_t popcount_binary(void *s, long count) {
     size_t bits = 0;
     unsigned char *p;
     uint32_t *p4 = s;
@@ -407,6 +407,6 @@ void bitcountCommand(redisClient *c) {
     } else {
         long bytes = end-start+1;
 
-        addReplyLongLong(c,popcount(p+start,bytes));
+        addReplyLongLong(c,popcount_binary(p+start,bytes));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index 3002dd97..a39f3d81 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ long long mstime(void);
 void getRandomHexChars(char *p, unsigned int len);
 uint64_t crc64(uint64_t crc, const unsigned char *s, uint64_t l);
 void exitFromChild(int retcode);
-size_t popcount(void *s, long count);
+size_t popcount_binary(void *s, long count);
 void redisSetProcTitle(char *title);
 
 /* networking.c -- Networking and Client related operations */