diff --git a/core/vm/instructions.go b/core/vm/instructions.go
index ccc3e383b298..3a361eb0e8c4 100644
--- a/core/vm/instructions.go
+++ b/core/vm/instructions.go
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ func opStop(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, callContext *callCtx) ([]by
 	return nil, errStopToken
 }
 
-func opSuicide(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, callContext *callCtx) ([]byte, error) {
+func opSelfdestruct(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, callContext *callCtx) ([]byte, error) {
 	if interpreter.readOnly {
 		return nil, ErrWriteProtection
 	}
diff --git a/core/vm/jump_table.go b/core/vm/jump_table.go
index c1b9fd8470b6..1b6f6d1d4559 100644
--- a/core/vm/jump_table.go
+++ b/core/vm/jump_table.go
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ func newFrontierInstructionSet() JumpTable {
 			memorySize: memoryReturn,
 		},
 		SELFDESTRUCT: {
-			execute:    opSuicide,
+			execute:    opSelfdestruct,
 			dynamicGas: gasSelfdestruct,
 			minStack:   minStack(1, 0),
 			maxStack:   maxStack(1, 0),