diff --git a/borg/archive.py b/borg/archive.py
index bf65d49ee..4804df154 100644
--- a/borg/archive.py
+++ b/borg/archive.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def backup_io():
         raise BackupOSError(os_error) from os_error
 
 
-def input_io_iter(iterator):
+def backup_io_iter(iterator):
     while True:
         try:
             with backup_io():
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ Number of files: {0.stats.nfiles}'''.format(
         uid, gid = 0, 0
         fd = sys.stdin.buffer  # binary
         chunks = []
-        for chunk in input_io_iter(self.chunker.chunkify(fd)):
+        for chunk in backup_io_iter(self.chunker.chunkify(fd)):
             chunks.append(cache.add_chunk(self.key.id_hash(chunk), chunk, self.stats))
         self.stats.nfiles += 1
         t = int_to_bigint(int(time.time()) * 1000000000)
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ Number of files: {0.stats.nfiles}'''.format(
                 fh = Archive._open_rb(path)
             with os.fdopen(fh, 'rb') as fd:
                 chunks = []
-                for chunk in input_io_iter(self.chunker.chunkify(fd, fh)):
+                for chunk in backup_io_iter(self.chunker.chunkify(fd, fh)):
                     chunks.append(cache.add_chunk(self.key.id_hash(chunk), chunk, self.stats))
                     if self.show_progress:
                         self.stats.show_progress(item=item, dt=0.2)
diff --git a/borg/testsuite/archive.py b/borg/testsuite/archive.py
index 2b3961be5..2dbdd7bc8 100644
--- a/borg/testsuite/archive.py
+++ b/borg/testsuite/archive.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import msgpack
 import pytest
 
 from ..archive import Archive, CacheChunkBuffer, RobustUnpacker, valid_msgpacked_dict, ITEM_KEYS
-from ..archive import BackupOSError, backup_io, input_io_iter
+from ..archive import BackupOSError, backup_io, backup_io_iter
 from ..key import PlaintextKey
 from ..helpers import Manifest
 from . import BaseTestCase
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ def test_backup_io_iter():
 
     oserror_iterator = Iterator(OSError)
     with pytest.raises(BackupOSError):
-        for _ in input_io_iter(oserror_iterator):
+        for _ in backup_io_iter(oserror_iterator):
             pass
 
     normal_iterator = Iterator(StopIteration)
-    for _ in input_io_iter(normal_iterator):
+    for _ in backup_io_iter(normal_iterator):
         assert False, 'StopIteration handled incorrectly'