diff --git a/java/org/rocksdb/TtlDB.java b/java/org/rocksdb/TtlDB.java
index 81d93692b..a78bb9435 100644
--- a/java/org/rocksdb/TtlDB.java
+++ b/java/org/rocksdb/TtlDB.java
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ public class TtlDB extends RocksDB {
           "family handle.");
     }
     TtlDB ttlDB = new TtlDB();
-    List<Long> cfReferences = ttlDB.open(options.nativeHandle_, db_path, columnFamilyDescriptors,
-        columnFamilyDescriptors.size(),  ttlValues, readOnly);
+    List<Long> cfReferences = ttlDB.openCF(options.nativeHandle_, db_path,
+        columnFamilyDescriptors, columnFamilyDescriptors.size(),
+        ttlValues, readOnly);
     for (int i=0; i<columnFamilyDescriptors.size(); i++) {
       columnFamilyHandles.add(new ColumnFamilyHandle(ttlDB, cfReferences.get(i)));
     }
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ public class TtlDB extends RocksDB {
 
   private native void open(long optionsHandle, String db_path, int ttl,
       boolean readOnly) throws RocksDBException;
-  private native List<Long> open(long optionsHandle, String db_path,
+  private native List<Long> openCF(long optionsHandle, String db_path,
       List<ColumnFamilyDescriptor> columnFamilyDescriptors,
       int columnFamilyDescriptorsLength, List<Integer> ttlValues,
       boolean readOnly) throws RocksDBException;
diff --git a/java/rocksjni/ttl.cc b/java/rocksjni/ttl.cc
index 474539688..a46a233f9 100644
--- a/java/rocksjni/ttl.cc
+++ b/java/rocksjni/ttl.cc
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
  * Method:    open
  * Signature: (JLjava/lang/String;IZ)V
  */
-void Java_org_rocksdb_TtlDB_open__JLjava_lang_String_2IZ(JNIEnv* env, jobject jttldb,
-    jlong joptions_handle, jstring jdb_path, jint jttl,
-    jboolean jread_only) {
+void Java_org_rocksdb_TtlDB_open(JNIEnv* env,
+    jobject jttldb, jlong joptions_handle, jstring jdb_path,
+    jint jttl, jboolean jread_only) {
   auto opt = reinterpret_cast<rocksdb::Options*>(joptions_handle);
   rocksdb::DBWithTTL* db = nullptr;
   const char* db_path = env->GetStringUTFChars(jdb_path, 0);
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ void Java_org_rocksdb_TtlDB_open__JLjava_lang_String_2IZ(JNIEnv* env, jobject jt
 
 /*
  * Class:     org_rocksdb_TtlDB
- * Method:    open
- * Signature: (JLjava/lang/String;Ljava/util/List;ILjava/util/List;Z)Ljava/util/List;
+ * Method:    openCF
+ * Signature: (JLjava/lang/String;Ljava/util/List;
+ *    ILjava/util/List;Z)Ljava/util/List;
  */
 jobject
-    Java_org_rocksdb_TtlDB_open__JLjava_lang_String_2Ljava_util_List_2ILjava_util_List_2Z(
+    Java_org_rocksdb_TtlDB_openCF(
     JNIEnv* env, jobject jdb, jlong jopt_handle, jstring jdb_path,
     jobject jcfdesc_list, jint jcfdesc_count, jobject jttl_list,
     jboolean jread_only) {