diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWellEval.cpp b/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWellEval.cpp
index 419782fdf..616ebcc85 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWellEval.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWellEval.cpp
@@ -383,10 +383,10 @@ processFractions(const int seg) const
 template<typename FluidSystem, typename Indices, typename Scalar>
 void
 MultisegmentWellEval<FluidSystem,Indices,Scalar>::
-updateWellState(const BVectorWell& dwells,
-                const double relaxation_factor,
-                const double dFLimit,
-                const double max_pressure_change) const
+updatePrimaryVariablesNewton(const BVectorWell& dwells,
+                             const double relaxation_factor,
+                             const double dFLimit,
+                             const double max_pressure_change) const
 {
     const std::vector<std::array<double, numWellEq> > old_primary_variables = primary_variables_;
 
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWellEval.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWellEval.hpp
index aba4bf324..48a444550 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWellEval.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWellEval.hpp
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ protected:
     void updateUpwindingSegments();
 
     // updating the well_state based on well solution dwells
-    void updateWellState(const BVectorWell& dwells,
-                         const double relaxation_factor,
-                         const double DFLimit,
-                         const double max_pressure_change) const;
+    void updatePrimaryVariablesNewton(const BVectorWell& dwells,
+                                      const double relaxation_factor,
+                                      const double DFLimit,
+                                      const double max_pressure_change) const;
 
     void computeSegmentFluidProperties(const EvalWell& temperature,
                                        const EvalWell& saltConcentration,
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell_impl.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell_impl.hpp
index b721b8f2a..18f725a52 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell_impl.hpp
@@ -608,10 +608,10 @@ namespace Opm
 
         const double dFLimit = this->param_.dwell_fraction_max_;
         const double max_pressure_change = this->param_.max_pressure_change_ms_wells_;
-        this->MSWEval::updateWellState(dwells,
-                                       relaxation_factor,
-                                       dFLimit,
-                                       max_pressure_change);
+        this->MSWEval::updatePrimaryVariablesNewton(dwells,
+                                                    relaxation_factor,
+                                                    dFLimit,
+                                                    max_pressure_change);
 
         this->updateWellStateFromPrimaryVariables(well_state, getRefDensity(), deferred_logger);
         Base::calculateReservoirRates(well_state.well(this->index_of_well_));