diff --git a/src/base/preferences.cpp b/src/base/preferences.cpp
index 39fd386ee..79617c6bd 100644
--- a/src/base/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/base/preferences.cpp
@@ -1529,12 +1529,12 @@ void Preferences::setTransHeaderState(const QByteArray &state)
     setValue("TransferList/qt5/HeaderState", state);
 }
 
-bool Preferences::getRegexAsFilteringPattern() const
+bool Preferences::getRegexAsFilteringPatternForTransferList() const
 {
     return value("TransferList/UseRegexAsFilteringPattern", false).toBool();
 }
 
-void Preferences::setRegexAsFilteringPattern(const bool checked)
+void Preferences::setRegexAsFilteringPatternForTransferList(const bool checked)
 {
     setValue("TransferList/UseRegexAsFilteringPattern", checked);
 }
diff --git a/src/base/preferences.h b/src/base/preferences.h
index b49765fc7..466305bb2 100644
--- a/src/base/preferences.h
+++ b/src/base/preferences.h
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ public:
     void setTransSelFilter(const int &index);
     QByteArray getTransHeaderState() const;
     void setTransHeaderState(const QByteArray &state);
-    bool getRegexAsFilteringPattern() const;
-    void setRegexAsFilteringPattern(bool checked);
+    bool getRegexAsFilteringPatternForTransferList() const;
+    void setRegexAsFilteringPatternForTransferList(bool checked);
     int getToolbarTextPosition() const;
     void setToolbarTextPosition(const int position);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 7bb893e2a..a77be0461 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -710,10 +710,10 @@ void MainWindow::showFilterContextMenu(const QPoint &)
     menu->addSeparator();
     QAction *useRegexAct = new QAction(tr("Use regular expressions"), menu);
     useRegexAct->setCheckable(true);
-    useRegexAct->setChecked(pref->getRegexAsFilteringPattern());
+    useRegexAct->setChecked(pref->getRegexAsFilteringPatternForTransferList());
     menu->addAction(useRegexAct);
 
-    connect(useRegexAct, &QAction::toggled, pref, &Preferences::setRegexAsFilteringPattern);
+    connect(useRegexAct, &QAction::toggled, pref, &Preferences::setRegexAsFilteringPatternForTransferList);
     connect(useRegexAct, &QAction::toggled, this, [this]() { m_transferListWidget->applyNameFilter(m_searchFilter->text()); });
 
     menu->exec(QCursor::pos());
diff --git a/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp b/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
index 94fa159f4..99ca87d61 100644
--- a/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ void TransferListWidget::applyTrackerFilter(const QStringList &hashes)
 
 void TransferListWidget::applyNameFilter(const QString &name)
 {
-    const QRegExp::PatternSyntax patternSyntax = Preferences::instance()->getRegexAsFilteringPattern()
+    const QRegExp::PatternSyntax patternSyntax = Preferences::instance()->getRegexAsFilteringPatternForTransferList()
                 ? QRegExp::RegExp : QRegExp::WildcardUnix;
     m_sortFilterModel->setFilterRegExp(QRegExp(name, Qt::CaseInsensitive, patternSyntax));
 }