diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
index 03d5b10f977..b8d2739ced0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void QmlProfilerClientManager::qmlNewEngine(int engineId)
         d->qmlclientplugin->sendRecordingStatus(engineId);
 }
 
-void QmlProfilerClientManager::registerProfilerStateManager( QmlProfilerStateManager *profilerState )
+void QmlProfilerClientManager::setProfilerStateManager(QmlProfilerStateManager *profilerState)
 {
     if (d->profilerState) {
         disconnect(d->profilerState, &QmlProfilerStateManager::stateChanged,
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
index f94a6c1c375..c066dd9dff9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerclientmanager.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
     explicit QmlProfilerClientManager(QObject *parent = 0);
     ~QmlProfilerClientManager();
 
-    void registerProfilerStateManager(QmlProfilerStateManager *profilerState);
+    void setProfilerStateManager(QmlProfilerStateManager *profilerState);
     void setTcpConnection(QString host, Utils::Port port);
     void setLocalSocket(QString file);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
index d11f22e411d..e246f05d265 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ QmlProfilerTool::QmlProfilerTool(QObject *parent)
             this, &QmlProfilerTool::setRecordedFeatures);
 
     d->m_profilerConnections = new QmlProfilerClientManager(this);
-    d->m_profilerConnections->registerProfilerStateManager(d->m_profilerState);
+    d->m_profilerConnections->setProfilerStateManager(d->m_profilerState);
     connect(d->m_profilerConnections, &QmlProfilerClientManager::connectionClosed,
             this, &QmlProfilerTool::clientsDisconnected);