diff --git a/include/openmc/tallies/tally.h b/include/openmc/tallies/tally.h
index f411e65603..dc7cd8ce27 100644
--- a/include/openmc/tallies/tally.h
+++ b/include/openmc/tallies/tally.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public:
 
   int32_t n_filter_bins() const {return n_filter_bins_;}
 
-  bool get_writable() const { return writable_;}
+  bool writable() const { return writable_;}
 
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Other methods.
diff --git a/src/tallies/tally.cpp b/src/tallies/tally.cpp
index 3e9de83b19..f843874118 100644
--- a/src/tallies/tally.cpp
+++ b/src/tallies/tally.cpp
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ openmc_tally_get_writable(int32_t index, bool* writable)
     set_errmsg("Index in tallies array is out of bounds.");
     return OPENMC_E_OUT_OF_BOUNDS;
   }
-  *writable = model::tallies[index]->get_writable();
+  *writable = model::tallies[index]->writable();
 
   return 0;
 }