diff --git a/src/backends/meta-backend-private.h b/src/backends/meta-backend-private.h
index ccdfd3c77..0a5a7c18a 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-backend-private.h
+++ b/src/backends/meta-backend-private.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ typedef enum _MetaExperimentalFeature
 
 void meta_init_backend (GType backend_gtype);
 
-void meta_backend_display_opened (MetaBackend *backend);
+void meta_backend_x11_display_opened (MetaBackend *backend);
 
 ClutterBackend * meta_backend_get_clutter_backend (MetaBackend *backend);
 
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-backend.c b/src/backends/meta-backend.c
index 574120766..6aa78abd0 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-backend.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-backend.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ xft_dpi_changed (GtkSettings *settings,
 }
 
 void
-meta_backend_display_opened (MetaBackend *backend)
+meta_backend_x11_display_opened (MetaBackend *backend)
 {
   /*
    * gdk-window-scaling-factor is not exported to gtk-settings
diff --git a/src/core/display.c b/src/core/display.c
index 377954314..32708def5 100644
--- a/src/core/display.c
+++ b/src/core/display.c
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ meta_display_open (void)
 
   meta_screen_init_workspaces (screen);
 
-  meta_backend_display_opened (meta_get_backend ());
+  meta_backend_x11_display_opened (meta_get_backend ());
 
   enable_compositor (display);