diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index f5921c03f..1c5f68369 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( internal => [ qw( create_temp_script
 				       close_file
 				       push_open
 				       pop_open
-				       push_params
-				       pop_params
-				       default_params
+				       push_action_params
+				       pop_action_params
+				       default_action_params
 				       read_a_line
 				       validate_level
 				       which
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ sub embedded_perl( $ ) {
 #
 # Push/pop action params
 #
-sub push_params( $ ) {
+sub push_action_params( $ ) {
     my @params = split /,/, $_[0];
     my $oldparams = \%actparms;
 
@@ -1804,12 +1804,12 @@ sub push_params( $ ) {
     $oldparams;
 }
 
-sub pop_params( $ ) {
+sub pop_action_params( $ ) {
     my $oldparms = shift;
     %actparms = %$oldparms;
 }
 
-sub default_params {
+sub default_action_params {
     my $val;
 
     for ( my $i = 1; 1; $i++ ) {
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index 9f8900349..98dc73202 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ sub process_action( $) {
 
 	push_open $actionfile;
 
-	my $oldparms = push_params( $param );
+	my $oldparms = push_action_params( $param );
 
 	$active{$wholeaction}++;
 	push @actionstack, $wholeaction;
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ sub process_action( $) {
 	    }
 
 	    if ( $format == 2 && $target eq 'DEFAULTS' ) {
-		default_params( split_list $source, 'defaults' );
+		default_action_params( split_list $source, 'defaults' );
 		next;
 	    }	      
 
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ sub process_action( $) {
 
 	pop_open;
 
-	pop_params( $oldparms );
+	pop_action_params( $oldparms );
     }
 }
 
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ sub process_macro ( $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ) {
 	}
 
 	if ( $format == 2 && $target eq 'DEFAULTS' ) {
-	    default_params( split_list $source, 'defaults' );
+	    default_action_params( split_list $source, 'defaults' );
 	    next;
 	}