diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/io_plug.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/io_plug.h
index 6f90e0ad4d..d4a351e7f2 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/io_plug.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/io_plug.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
 	XMLNode& get_state (void) const;
 	int set_state (const XMLNode&, int version);
 
-	void run (samplepos_t, pframes_t);
+	void connect_and_run (samplepos_t, pframes_t);
 	int  set_block_size (pframes_t);
 	void set_public_latency (bool);
 	bool ensure_io ();
diff --git a/libs/ardour/graph.cc b/libs/ardour/graph.cc
index 5e6ca79c71..38d16ef912 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/graph.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/graph.cc
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ Graph::process_one_route (Route* route)
 void
 Graph::process_one_ioplug (IOPlug* ioplug)
 {
-	ioplug->run (_process_start_sample, _process_nframes);
+	ioplug->connect_and_run (_process_start_sample, _process_nframes);
 }
 
 bool
diff --git a/libs/ardour/io_plug.cc b/libs/ardour/io_plug.cc
index 731e2323c7..93ed236adc 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/io_plug.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/io_plug.cc
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ IOPlug::process ()
 }
 
 void
-IOPlug::run (samplepos_t start, pframes_t n_samples)
+IOPlug::connect_and_run (samplepos_t start, pframes_t n_samples)
 {
 	Temporal::TempoMap::update_thread_tempo_map ();
 	assert (n_samples > 0);