diff --git a/ProcessLib/BoundaryCondition/BoundaryConditionCollection.cpp b/ProcessLib/BoundaryCondition/BoundaryConditionCollection.cpp
index 759e09adc0d222af886665e5498ecd62573f6241..0b88492f4ea1cb94abecea5430deafc67a3da602 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/BoundaryCondition/BoundaryConditionCollection.cpp
+++ b/ProcessLib/BoundaryCondition/BoundaryConditionCollection.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void BoundaryConditionCollection::addBCsForProcessVariables(
          ++variable_id)
     {
         ProcessVariable& pv = process_variables[variable_id];
-        auto bcs = pv.getBoundaryConditions(dof_table, variable_id,
+        auto bcs = pv.createBoundaryConditions(dof_table, variable_id,
                                             integration_order);
 
         std::move(bcs.begin(), bcs.end(),
diff --git a/ProcessLib/ProcessVariable.cpp b/ProcessLib/ProcessVariable.cpp
index 4b46f09873270c8afd84b1c1a302a6ff66783803..d9760141fb530543a341b5b42ddf2b64e5d7ae8f 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/ProcessVariable.cpp
+++ b/ProcessLib/ProcessVariable.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ MeshLib::PropertyVector<double>& ProcessVariable::getOrCreateMeshProperty()
 }
 
 std::vector<std::unique_ptr<BoundaryCondition>>
-ProcessVariable::getBoundaryConditions(
+ProcessVariable::createBoundaryConditions(
     const NumLib::LocalToGlobalIndexMap& dof_table,
     const int variable_id,
     unsigned const integration_order)
diff --git a/ProcessLib/ProcessVariable.h b/ProcessLib/ProcessVariable.h
index 70b660f45ee6757d4939446fadb4f6e8ad69f37d..463c9d1a271df222df1a495af6e84cbdebfef663 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/ProcessVariable.h
+++ b/ProcessLib/ProcessVariable.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public:
     /// Returns the number of components of the process variable.
     int getNumberOfComponents() const { return _n_components; }
 
-    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<BoundaryCondition>> getBoundaryConditions(
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<BoundaryCondition>> createBoundaryConditions(
         const NumLib::LocalToGlobalIndexMap& dof_table,
         const int variable_id,
         unsigned const integration_order);