diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/externals/global.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/externals/global.rs
index 594080a18025..ef5cc730f14f 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/externals/global.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/externals/global.rs
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ impl Global {
                 Val::F64(f) => *definition.as_u64_mut() = f,
                 Val::FuncRef(f) => {
                     *definition.as_func_ref_mut() = f.map_or(ptr::null_mut(), |f| {
-                        f.caller_checked_func_ref(store).as_ptr().cast()
+                        f.vm_func_ref(store).as_ptr().cast()
                     });
                 }
                 Val::ExternRef(x) => {
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/func.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/func.rs
index 134a8321a59d..5c35f1616c50 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/func.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/func.rs
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ impl Func {
     /// this function is properly rooted within it. Additionally this function
     /// should not be liberally used since it's a very low-level knob.
     pub unsafe fn to_raw(&self, mut store: impl AsContextMut) -> *mut c_void {
-        self.caller_checked_func_ref(store.as_context_mut().0)
+        self.vm_func_ref(store.as_context_mut().0)
             .as_ptr()
             .cast()
     }
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ impl Func {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn caller_checked_func_ref(&self, store: &mut StoreOpaque) -> NonNull<VMFuncRef> {
+    pub(crate) fn vm_func_ref(&self, store: &mut StoreOpaque) -> NonNull<VMFuncRef> {
         let func_data = &mut store.store_data_mut()[self.0];
         if let Some(in_store) = func_data.in_store_func_ref {
             in_store.as_non_null()
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ impl Func {
     /// will be consistent across all of these functions.
     #[allow(dead_code)] // Not used yet, but added for consistency.
     pub(crate) fn hash_key(&self, store: &mut StoreOpaque) -> impl std::hash::Hash + Eq {
-        self.caller_checked_func_ref(store).as_ptr() as usize
+        self.vm_func_ref(store).as_ptr() as usize
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/func/typed.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/func/typed.rs
index 8229e14585b3..f1188faad4aa 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/func/typed.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/func/typed.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ where
             !store.0.async_support(),
             "must use `call_async` with async stores"
         );
-        let func = self.func.caller_checked_func_ref(store.0);
+        let func = self.func.vm_func_ref(store.0);
         unsafe { Self::call_raw(&mut store, func, params) }
     }
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ where
         );
         store
             .on_fiber(|store| {
-                let func = self.func.caller_checked_func_ref(store.0);
+                let func = self.func.vm_func_ref(store.0);
                 unsafe { Self::call_raw(store, func, params) }
             })
             .await?
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ unsafe impl WasmTy for Option<Func> {
     #[inline]
     fn into_abi(self, store: &mut StoreOpaque) -> Self::Abi {
         if let Some(f) = self {
-            f.caller_checked_func_ref(store).as_ptr()
+            f.vm_func_ref(store).as_ptr()
         } else {
             ptr::null_mut()
         }
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/trampoline/global.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/trampoline/global.rs
index 263e91b2e34f..39880a485559 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/trampoline/global.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/trampoline/global.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn generate_global_export(
             Val::V128(x) => *global.as_u128_mut() = x.into(),
             Val::FuncRef(f) => {
                 *global.as_func_ref_mut() = f.map_or(ptr::null_mut(), |f| {
-                    f.caller_checked_func_ref(store).as_ptr()
+                    f.vm_func_ref(store).as_ptr()
                 })
             }
             Val::ExternRef(x) => *global.as_externref_mut() = x.map(|x| x.inner),
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/values.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/values.rs
index 87040ec6850f..8f20b27bf7f2 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/values.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/values.rs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ impl Val {
                     bail!("cross-`Store` values are not supported in tables");
                 }
                 Ok(TableElement::FuncRef(
-                    f.caller_checked_func_ref(store).as_ptr(),
+                    f.vm_func_ref(store).as_ptr(),
                 ))
             }
             (Val::FuncRef(None), ValType::FuncRef) => Ok(TableElement::FuncRef(ptr::null_mut())),