diff --git a/p2p/discover/table.go b/p2p/discover/table.go
index 564fe86172..dbbcf30b51 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/table.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/table.go
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ func (tab *Table) findnodeByID(target enode.ID, nresults int, preferLive bool) *
 	return nodes
 }
 
-func (tab *Table) appendBucketNodes(dist uint, result []*enode.Node) []*enode.Node {
+// appendLiveNodes adds nodes at the given distance to the result slice.
+func (tab *Table) appendLiveNodes(dist uint, result []*enode.Node) []*enode.Node {
 	if dist > 256 {
 		return result
 	}
diff --git a/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go b/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
index ab429502df..6e6ed7f08f 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ func (t *UDPv5) collectTableNodes(rip net.IP, distances []uint, limit int) []*en
 			continue
 		}
 
-		bn = t.tab.appendBucketNodes(dist, bn[:0])
+		bn = t.tab.appendLiveNodes(dist, bn[:0])
 		for _, n := range bn {
 			// Apply some pre-checks to avoid sending invalid nodes.
 			// Note liveness is checked by appendBucketNodes.