diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
index d88c5c79a3..a8b161cbe9 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
@@ -6796,8 +6796,8 @@ NoteCreateDrag::start_grab (GdkEvent* event, Gdk::Cursor* cursor)
 	 * coordinates relative to the region in order to draw it correctly.
 	 */
 
-	const timecnt_t rrp1 (_midi_view->relative_position (_note[0]));
-	const timecnt_t rrp2 (_midi_view->relative_position (_note[1]));
+	const timecnt_t rrp1 (_midi_view->view_position_to_model_position (_note[0]));
+	const timecnt_t rrp2 (_midi_view->view_position_to_model_position (_note[1]));
 
 	double const x0 = editing_context.sample_to_pixel (rrp1.samples ());
 	double const x1 = editing_context.sample_to_pixel (rrp2.samples ());
@@ -6820,8 +6820,8 @@ NoteCreateDrag::motion (GdkEvent* event, bool)
 
 	_note[1] = std::max (aligned_beats, (_note[0].beats () + min_length));
 
-	const timecnt_t rrp1 (_midi_view->relative_position (_note[0]));
-	const timecnt_t rrp2 (_midi_view->relative_position (_note[1]));
+	const timecnt_t rrp1 (_midi_view->view_position_to_model_position (_note[0]));
+	const timecnt_t rrp2 (_midi_view->view_position_to_model_position (_note[1]));
 
 	double const x0 = editing_context.sample_to_pixel (rrp1.samples ());
 	double const x1 = editing_context.sample_to_pixel (rrp2.samples ());
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.cc
index 80990ab3f6..3f7d3e400d 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.cc
@@ -3036,7 +3036,7 @@ MidiView::snap_pixel_to_time (double x, bool ensure_snap)
  * correspond to the source start, or a region start.
  */
 timecnt_t
-MidiView::relative_position (timepos_t const & p) const
+MidiView::view_position_to_model_position (timepos_t const & p) const
 {
 	if (!_midi_region || _show_source) {
 		return timecnt_t (p, timepos_t (Temporal::Beats()));
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.h b/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.h
index e25d216e7c..03163e44f0 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.h
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class MidiView : public virtual sigc::trackable, public LineMerger
 	 * is true.
 	 */
 
-	Temporal::timecnt_t relative_position (Temporal::timepos_t const & p) const;
+	Temporal::timecnt_t view_position_to_model_position (Temporal::timepos_t const & p) const;
 
 	Temporal::timepos_t source_beats_to_timeline (Temporal::Beats const &) const;