diff --git a/src/C/H5Fed.c b/src/C/H5Fed.c
index 528f63a..e5b5fb9 100644
--- a/src/C/H5Fed.c
+++ b/src/C/H5Fed.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ H5FedSetLevel (
 	const h5_id_t level_id
 	) {
 	SET_FNAME (f, __func__);
-	return h5t_open_level (f, level_id);
+	return h5t_set_level (f, level_id);
 }
 
 h5_err_t
diff --git a/src/include/h5core/h5t_openclose.h b/src/include/h5core/h5t_openclose.h
index cd4498e..0fbbb72 100644
--- a/src/include/h5core/h5t_openclose.h
+++ b/src/include/h5core/h5t_openclose.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 h5_err_t h5t_open_mesh ( h5_file_t * const f, const h5_id_t id,
 			 const h5_oid_t type );
-h5_err_t h5t_open_level ( h5_file_t * const f, const h5_id_t id );
+h5_err_t h5t_set_level ( h5_file_t * const f, const h5_id_t id );
 h5_err_t h5t_close_mesh ( h5_file_t * const f );
 
 h5_err_t h5tpriv_open_file ( h5_file_t * const f );