diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/signature/BothSignatureWriter.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/signature/BothSignatureWriter.java
index 141777e9a86..64650091b64 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/signature/BothSignatureWriter.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/signature/BothSignatureWriter.java
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ public class BothSignatureWriter {
 
     public void writeTypeArgument(Variance variance) {
         JetSignatureVariance jsVariance = toJetSignatureVariance(variance);
-        push(signatureVisitor().visitTypeArgument(jsVariance.getC()));
+        push(signatureVisitor().visitTypeArgument(jsVariance.getChar()));
         jetSignatureWriter.visitTypeArgument(jsVariance);
         generic = true;
     }
diff --git a/runtime/src/org/jetbrains/jet/rt/signature/JetSignatureVariance.java b/runtime/src/org/jetbrains/jet/rt/signature/JetSignatureVariance.java
index 0f1bb8f55f1..40250fd0baa 100644
--- a/runtime/src/org/jetbrains/jet/rt/signature/JetSignatureVariance.java
+++ b/runtime/src/org/jetbrains/jet/rt/signature/JetSignatureVariance.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public enum JetSignatureVariance {
         this.c = c;
     }
 
-    public char getC() {
+    public char getChar() {
         return c;
     }
     
diff --git a/runtime/src/org/jetbrains/jet/rt/signature/JetSignatureWriter.java b/runtime/src/org/jetbrains/jet/rt/signature/JetSignatureWriter.java
index 1cbf36a91ee..59e5fb81cc3 100644
--- a/runtime/src/org/jetbrains/jet/rt/signature/JetSignatureWriter.java
+++ b/runtime/src/org/jetbrains/jet/rt/signature/JetSignatureWriter.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class JetSignatureWriter implements JetSignatureVisitor {
         visitNullabe(nullable);
         buf.append('[');
         if (wildcard != JetSignatureVariance.INVARIANT) {
-            buf.append(wildcard.getC());
+            buf.append(wildcard.getChar());
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class JetSignatureWriter implements JetSignatureVisitor {
             buf.append('<');
         }
         if (variance != JetSignatureVariance.INVARIANT) {
-            buf.append(variance.getC());
+            buf.append(variance.getChar());
         }
         return this;
     }