diff --git a/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/AsterixStateProxy.java b/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/AsterixStateProxy.java
index c7ed82e..e2c02fa 100644
--- a/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/AsterixStateProxy.java
+++ b/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/AsterixStateProxy.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         return stub;
     }
 
-    public static void deRegisterRemoteObject() throws RemoteException {
+    public static void unregisterRemoteObject() throws RemoteException {
         UnicastRemoteObject.unexportObject(cc, true);
         LOGGER.info("Asterix Distributed State Proxy Unbound");
     }