diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/data/Table.java b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/data/Table.java
index 2098cba4..c9ad5e65 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/data/Table.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/data/Table.java
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public class Table
      * removed, false if the user was never seated at the table in the
      * first place.
      */
-    public boolean clearOccupant (int bodyOid)
+    public boolean clearOccupantByOid (int bodyOid)
     {
         for (int i = 0; i < bodyOids.length; i++) {
             if (bodyOid == bodyOids[i]) {
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/server/TableManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/server/TableManager.java
index 14d6546b..0512282f 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/server/TableManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/server/TableManager.java
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public class TableManager
         }
 
         // remove this occupant from the table
-        if (!pender.clearOccupant(bodyOid)) {
+        if (!pender.clearOccupantByOid(bodyOid)) {
             Log.warning("Attempt to remove body from mapped table failed " +
                         "[table=" + pender + ", bodyOid=" + bodyOid + "].");
             return;