diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/app.h b/include/wx/gtk/app.h
index dc9d3f50de..3d862eafd4 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/app.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/app.h
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ public:
 #endif // __WXDEBUG__
 
     guint m_idleTag;
-    void RemoveIdleSource();
+    // temporarily disable idle events
+    void SuspendIdleCallback();
 
     // Used by the the wxGLApp and wxGLCanvas class for GL-based X visual
     // selection.
diff --git a/src/gtk/app.cpp b/src/gtk/app.cpp
index 05cf17cf56..e68e9654d6 100644
--- a/src/gtk/app.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/app.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ bool wxApp::Yield(bool onlyIfNeeded)
 
     // We need to remove idle callbacks or the loop will
     // never finish.
-    RemoveIdleSource();
+    SuspendIdleCallback();
 
 #if wxUSE_LOG
     // disable log flushing from here because a call to wxYield() shouldn't
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void wxApp::OnAssertFailure(const wxChar *file,
 
 #endif // __WXDEBUG__
 
-void wxApp::RemoveIdleSource()
+void wxApp::SuspendIdleCallback()
 {
 #if wxUSE_THREADS
     wxMutexLocker lock(gs_idleTagsMutex);
diff --git a/src/gtk/evtloop.cpp b/src/gtk/evtloop.cpp
index 11406deb0b..2b2bfa91c4 100644
--- a/src/gtk/evtloop.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/evtloop.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ bool wxEventLoop::Pending() const
     {
         // We need to remove idle callbacks or gtk_events_pending will
         // never return false.
-        wxTheApp->RemoveIdleSource();
+        wxTheApp->SuspendIdleCallback();
     }
 
     return gtk_events_pending();