diff --git a/machine.go b/machine.go
index 3f379093..d1ef246c 100644
--- a/machine.go
+++ b/machine.go
@@ -362,9 +362,9 @@ func (h *Headscale) GetMachineByMachineKey(
 	return &m, nil
 }
 
-// UpdateMachine takes a Machine struct pointer (typically already loaded from database
+// UpdateMachineFromDatabase takes a Machine struct pointer (typically already loaded from database
 // and updates it with the latest data from the database.
-func (h *Headscale) UpdateMachine(machine *Machine) error {
+func (h *Headscale) UpdateMachineFromDatabase(machine *Machine) error {
 	if result := h.db.Find(machine).First(&machine); result.Error != nil {
 		return result.Error
 	}
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func (machine *Machine) GetHostInfo() tailcfg.Hostinfo {
 }
 
 func (h *Headscale) isOutdated(machine *Machine) bool {
-	if err := h.UpdateMachine(machine); err != nil {
+	if err := h.UpdateMachineFromDatabase(machine); err != nil {
 		// It does not seem meaningful to propagate this error as the end result
 		// will have to be that the machine has to be considered outdated.
 		return true
diff --git a/poll.go b/poll.go
index dcadadfa..a74d857d 100644
--- a/poll.go
+++ b/poll.go
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) PollNetMapStream(
 				// TODO(kradalby): Abstract away all the database calls, this can cause race conditions
 				// when an outdated machine object is kept alive, e.g. db is update from
 				// command line, but then overwritten.
-			err = h.UpdateMachine(machine)
+			err = h.UpdateMachineFromDatabase(machine)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error().
 					Str("handler", "PollNetMapStream").
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) PollNetMapStream(
 				// TODO(kradalby): Abstract away all the database calls, this can cause race conditions
 				// when an outdated machine object is kept alive, e.g. db is update from
 				// command line, but then overwritten.
-			err = h.UpdateMachine(machine)
+			err = h.UpdateMachineFromDatabase(machine)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error().
 					Str("handler", "PollNetMapStream").
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) PollNetMapStream(
 				// TODO(kradalby): Abstract away all the database calls, this can cause race conditions
 				// when an outdated machine object is kept alive, e.g. db is update from
 				// command line, but then overwritten.
-				err = h.UpdateMachine(machine)
+				err = h.UpdateMachineFromDatabase(machine)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Error().
 						Str("handler", "PollNetMapStream").
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) PollNetMapStream(
 				// TODO: Abstract away all the database calls, this can cause race conditions
 				// when an outdated machine object is kept alive, e.g. db is update from
 				// command line, but then overwritten.
-			err := h.UpdateMachine(machine)
+			err := h.UpdateMachineFromDatabase(machine)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error().
 					Str("handler", "PollNetMapStream").