diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
index 21fa2939d..b3e5ad014 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ StorePathSet Store::exportReferences(const StorePathSet & storePaths, const Stor
 const Store::Stats & Store::getStats()
 {
     {
-        auto state_(state.read());
+        auto state_(state.readLock());
         stats.pathInfoCacheSize = state_->pathInfoCache.size();
     }
     return stats;
diff --git a/src/libutil/posix-source-accessor.cc b/src/libutil/posix-source-accessor.cc
index 35047f89e..2b1a485d5 100644
--- a/src/libutil/posix-source-accessor.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/posix-source-accessor.cc
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ std::optional<struct stat> PosixSourceAccessor::cachedLstat(const CanonPath & pa
     Path absPath = makeAbsPath(path).string();
 
     {
-        auto cache(_cache.read());
+        auto cache(_cache.readLock());
         auto i = cache->find(absPath);
         if (i != cache->end()) return i->second;
     }
diff --git a/src/libutil/sync.hh b/src/libutil/sync.hh
index c1b699ffc..d340f3d97 100644
--- a/src/libutil/sync.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/sync.hh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public:
      * Acquire read access to the inner value. When using
      * `std::shared_mutex`, this will use a shared lock.
      */
-    ReadLock read() const { return ReadLock(const_cast<SyncBase *>(this)); }
+    ReadLock readLock() const { return ReadLock(const_cast<SyncBase *>(this)); }
 };
 
 template<class T>