diff --git a/src/libCom/timer/epicsTimer.cpp b/src/libCom/timer/epicsTimer.cpp
index 0d75bb807..7250d33a1 100644
--- a/src/libCom/timer/epicsTimer.cpp
+++ b/src/libCom/timer/epicsTimer.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ extern "C" epicsTimerQueueId epicsShareAPI
     }
 }
 
-extern "C" void epicsShareAPI epicsTimerQueueDelete ( epicsTimerQueueId pQueue )
+extern "C" void epicsShareAPI epicsTimerQueueRelease ( epicsTimerQueueId pQueue )
 {
     pQueue->release ();
 }