diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
index 77937790aa..ab41e2d7ff 100644
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ void DolphinMainWindow::cut()
 
 void DolphinMainWindow::copy()
 {
-    m_activeViewContainer->view()->copySelectedItems();
+    m_activeViewContainer->view()->copySelectedItemsToClipboard();
 }
 
 void DolphinMainWindow::paste()
diff --git a/src/dolphinpart_ext.cpp b/src/dolphinpart_ext.cpp
index 8c6e9641ad..0352645ead 100644
--- a/src/dolphinpart_ext.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinpart_ext.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void DolphinPartBrowserExtension::cut()
 
 void DolphinPartBrowserExtension::copy()
 {
-    m_part->view()->copySelectedItems();
+    m_part->view()->copySelectedItemsToClipboard();
 }
 
 void DolphinPartBrowserExtension::paste()
diff --git a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
index b433ca343d..c98929ead9 100644
--- a/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
+++ b/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ void DolphinView::cutSelectedItems()
     QApplication::clipboard()->setMimeData(mimeData);
 }
 
-void DolphinView::copySelectedItems()
+void DolphinView::copySelectedItemsToClipboard()
 {
     QMimeData* mimeData = selectionMimeData();
     QApplication::clipboard()->setMimeData(mimeData);
diff --git a/src/views/dolphinview.h b/src/views/dolphinview.h
index ca0f62b232..b2c66cdc36 100644
--- a/src/views/dolphinview.h
+++ b/src/views/dolphinview.h
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ public slots:
     void cutSelectedItems();
 
     /** Copies all selected items to the clipboard. */
-    void copySelectedItems();
+    void copySelectedItemsToClipboard();
 
     /** Pastes the clipboard data to this view. */
     void paste();