diff --git a/net/iptables.go b/net/iptables.go
index 315fac02..cda4655a 100644
--- a/net/iptables.go
+++ b/net/iptables.go
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ const (
 	iptablesFlushPollTime = 100 * time.Millisecond
 )
 
-// Monitor periodically checks for a canary chain in iptables. If this canary chain goes missing it calls the reloadFunc.
+// MonitorForIptablesFlush periodically checks for a canary chain in iptables. If this canary chain goes missing it calls the reloadFunc.
 // This is a more efficient way of detecting whether firewalld or another process has been removing rules that we rely on.
 // The reloadFunc can then check whether other chains that should exist are still there, fix things and restore the canary.
-func Monitor(log *logrus.Logger, canary string, tables []string, reloadFunc func(), interval time.Duration, stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
+func MonitorForIptablesFlush(log *logrus.Logger, canary string, tables []string, reloadFunc func(), interval time.Duration, stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	ipt, err := iptables.New()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("creating iptables object while initializing iptable Monitoring %s", err)
diff --git a/prog/weaver/main.go b/prog/weaver/main.go
index 36a95246..811fc5d9 100644
--- a/prog/weaver/main.go
+++ b/prog/weaver/main.go
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ func main() {
 		weavenet.Reexpose(&bridgeConfig, Log)
 	}
 	stopChan := make(chan struct{})
-	go weavenet.Monitor(Log, "WEAVE-CANARY", []string{"mangle", "nat", "filter"}, applyIPTables, 10*time.Second, stopChan)
+	go weavenet.MonitorForIptablesFlush(Log, "WEAVE-CANARY", []string{"mangle", "nat", "filter"}, applyIPTables, 10*time.Second, stopChan)
 	defer close(stopChan)
 
 	signals.SignalHandlerLoop(common.Log, router)