diff --git a/code/qcommon/files.c b/code/qcommon/files.c
index a9234695..871b3d09 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/files.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/files.c
@@ -552,12 +552,12 @@ qboolean FS_CreatePath (char *OSPath) {
 
 /*
 =================
-FS_CheckFilenameIsNotExecutable
+FS_CheckFilenameIsNotImmutable
 
 ERR_FATAL if trying to maniuplate a file with the platform library, QVM, or pk3 extension
 =================
  */
-static void FS_CheckFilenameIsNotExecutable( const char *filename,
+static void FS_CheckFilenameIsNotImmutable( const char *filename,
 		const char *function )
 {
 	// Check if the filename ends with the library, QVM, or pk3 extension
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ FS_Remove
 ===========
 */
 void FS_Remove( const char *osPath ) {
-	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotExecutable( osPath, __func__ );
+	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotImmutable( osPath, __func__ );
 
 	remove( osPath );
 }
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ FS_HomeRemove
 ===========
 */
 void FS_HomeRemove( const char *homePath ) {
-	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotExecutable( homePath, __func__ );
+	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotImmutable( homePath, __func__ );
 
 	remove( FS_BuildOSPath( fs_homepath->string,
 			fs_gamedir, homePath ) );
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ fileHandle_t FS_SV_FOpenFileWrite( const char *filename ) {
 		Com_Printf( "FS_SV_FOpenFileWrite: %s\n", ospath );
 	}
 
-	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotExecutable( ospath, __func__ );
+	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotImmutable( ospath, __func__ );
 
 	if( FS_CreatePath( ospath ) ) {
 		return 0;
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ void FS_SV_Rename( const char *from, const char *to, qboolean safe ) {
 	}
 
 	if ( safe ) {
-		FS_CheckFilenameIsNotExecutable( to_ospath, __func__ );
+		FS_CheckFilenameIsNotImmutable( to_ospath, __func__ );
 	}
 
 	rename(from_ospath, to_ospath);
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ void FS_Rename( const char *from, const char *to ) {
 		Com_Printf( "FS_Rename: %s --> %s\n", from_ospath, to_ospath );
 	}
 
-	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotExecutable( to_ospath, __func__ );
+	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotImmutable( to_ospath, __func__ );
 
 	rename(from_ospath, to_ospath);
 }
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ fileHandle_t FS_FOpenFileWrite( const char *filename ) {
 		Com_Printf( "FS_FOpenFileWrite: %s\n", ospath );
 	}
 
-	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotExecutable( ospath, __func__ );
+	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotImmutable( ospath, __func__ );
 
 	if( FS_CreatePath( ospath ) ) {
 		return 0;
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ fileHandle_t FS_FOpenFileAppend( const char *filename ) {
 		Com_Printf( "FS_FOpenFileAppend: %s\n", ospath );
 	}
 
-	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotExecutable( ospath, __func__ );
+	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotImmutable( ospath, __func__ );
 
 	if( FS_CreatePath( ospath ) ) {
 		return 0;
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ fileHandle_t FS_FCreateOpenPipeFile( const char *filename ) {
 		Com_Printf( "FS_FCreateOpenPipeFile: %s\n", ospath );
 	}
 
-	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotExecutable( ospath, __func__ );
+	FS_CheckFilenameIsNotImmutable( ospath, __func__ );
 
 	fifo = Sys_Mkfifo( ospath );
 	if( fifo ) {