diff --git a/core/types/l2trace.go b/core/types/l2trace.go
index 7fa0890930..5981f06a89 100644
--- a/core/types/l2trace.go
+++ b/core/types/l2trace.go
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ type TransactionData struct {
 	S        *hexutil.Big    `json:"s"`
 }
 
-// NewTraceTransaction returns a transaction that will serialize to the trace
+// NewTransactionData returns a transaction that will serialize to the trace
 // representation, with the given location metadata set (if available).
-func NewTraceTransaction(tx *Transaction, blockNumber uint64, config *params.ChainConfig) *TransactionData {
+func NewTransactionData(tx *Transaction, blockNumber uint64, config *params.ChainConfig) *TransactionData {
 	signer := MakeSigner(config, big.NewInt(0).SetUint64(blockNumber))
 	from, _ := Sender(signer, tx)
 	v, r, s := tx.RawSignatureValues()
diff --git a/eth/tracers/api_blocktrace.go b/eth/tracers/api_blocktrace.go
index c3959577a3..79f1f42345 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api_blocktrace.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api_blocktrace.go
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func (api *API) fillBlockTrace(env *traceEnv, block *types.Block) (*types.BlockT
 
 	txs := make([]*types.TransactionData, block.Transactions().Len())
 	for i, tx := range block.Transactions() {
-		txs[i] = types.NewTraceTransaction(tx, block.NumberU64(), api.backend.ChainConfig())
+		txs[i] = types.NewTransactionData(tx, block.NumberU64(), api.backend.ChainConfig())
 	}
 
 	blockTrace := &types.BlockTrace{