diff --git a/include/proto/channel.h b/include/proto/channel.h
index 4aa6a57..6d4d3e7 100644
--- a/include/proto/channel.h
+++ b/include/proto/channel.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
  * close to happen. The test is optimized to avoid as many operations as
  * possible for the fast case and to be used as an "if" condition.
  */
-static inline int bi_full(const struct channel *b)
+static inline int channel_full(const struct channel *b)
 {
 	int rem = b->buf.size;
 
@@ -228,8 +228,6 @@
 
 	buf->buf.i = 0;
 	buf->flags &= ~BF_FULL;
-	if (bi_full(buf))
-		buf->flags |= BF_FULL;
 }
 
 /* marks the buffer as "shutdown" ASAP for reads */
@@ -322,7 +320,7 @@
 	if (buffer_len(&buf->buf) == 0)
 		buf->buf.p = buf->buf.data;
 
-	if (!bi_full(buf))
+	if (!channel_full(buf))
 		buf->flags &= ~BF_FULL;
 
 	/* notify that some data was written to the SI from the buffer */
diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 86fa811..0e1af13 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	buf->total += len;
 
 	buf->flags &= ~BF_FULL;
-	if (bi_full(buf))
+	if (channel_full(buf))
 		buf->flags |= BF_FULL;
 
 	return -1;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 	*bi_end(&buf->buf) = c;
 
 	buf->buf.i++;
-	if (bi_full(buf))
+	if (channel_full(buf))
 		buf->flags |= BF_FULL;
 	buf->flags |= BF_READ_PARTIAL;
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 	}
 
 	buf->flags &= ~BF_FULL;
-	if (bi_full(buf))
+	if (channel_full(buf))
 		buf->flags |= BF_FULL;
 
 	/* notify that some data was read from the SI into the buffer */
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 	b->flags &= ~BF_FULL;
 	if (buffer_len(&b->buf) == 0)
 		b->buf.p = b->buf.data;
-	if (bi_full(b))
+	if (channel_full(b))
 		b->flags |= BF_FULL;
 
 	return delta;
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
 	b->buf.i += delta;
 
 	b->flags &= ~BF_FULL;
-	if (bi_full(b))
+	if (channel_full(b))
 		b->flags |= BF_FULL;
 
 	return delta;
diff --git a/src/stream_interface.c b/src/stream_interface.c
index 14e2cd5..2f3400d 100644
--- a/src/stream_interface.c
+++ b/src/stream_interface.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@
 
 		b->flags |= BF_WRITE_PARTIAL;
 
-		if (likely(!bi_full(b)))
+		if (likely(!channel_full(b)))
 			b->flags &= ~BF_FULL;
 
 		if (!b->buf.o) {
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@
 		b->flags |= BF_READ_PARTIAL;
 		b->total += ret;
 
-		if (bi_full(b)) {
+		if (channel_full(b)) {
 			/* The buffer is now full, there's no point in going through
 			 * the loop again.
 			 */