diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 48e11d25ae..2bc42d1972 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) processBlock(parentRoot common.Hash, block *types.Block, s
 		//
 		// Note: the main processor and prefetcher share the same reader with a local
 		// cache for mitigating the overhead of state access.
-		prefetch, process, err := bc.statedb.ReaderWithCacheStats(parentRoot)
+		prefetch, process, err := bc.statedb.ReadersWithCacheStats(parentRoot)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/core/state/database.go b/core/state/database.go
index 8e7b1175c1..5fb198a629 100644
--- a/core/state/database.go
+++ b/core/state/database.go
@@ -209,9 +209,10 @@ func (db *CachingDB) Reader(stateRoot common.Hash) (Reader, error) {
 	return newReader(newCachingCodeReader(db.disk, db.codeCache, db.codeSizeCache), combined), nil
 }
 
-// ReaderWithCacheStats creates a pair of state readers with internal local cache
+// ReadersWithCacheStats creates a pair of state readers sharing the same internal cache and
+// same backing Reader, but exposing separate statistics.
 // and statistics.
-func (db *CachingDB) ReaderWithCacheStats(stateRoot common.Hash) (ReaderWithStats, ReaderWithStats, error) {
+func (db *CachingDB) ReadersWithCacheStats(stateRoot common.Hash) (ReaderWithStats, ReaderWithStats, error) {
 	reader, err := db.Reader(stateRoot)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err