diff --git a/opendbc/can/common.h b/opendbc/can/common.h
index 2b7dcbaea0..247ac62aa2 100644
--- a/opendbc/can/common.h
+++ b/opendbc/can/common.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class CANParser {
             const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, int>> &messages);
   CANParser(int abus, const std::string& dbc_name, bool ignore_checksum, bool ignore_counter);
   std::set<uint32_t> update(const std::vector<CanData> &can_data);
-  MessageState *messageState(uint32_t address) { return &message_states.at(address); }
+  MessageState *getMessageState(uint32_t address) { return &message_states.at(address); }
 
 protected:
   void UpdateCans(const CanData &can, std::set<uint32_t> &updated_addresses);
diff --git a/opendbc/can/common.pxd b/opendbc/can/common.pxd
index ef977d4ac4..33e368a839 100644
--- a/opendbc/can/common.pxd
+++ b/opendbc/can/common.pxd
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ cdef extern from "common.h":
     bool bus_timeout
     CANParser(int, string, vector[pair[uint32_t, int]]) except +
     set[uint32_t] update(vector[CanData]&) except +
-    MessageState *messageState(uint32_t address)
+    MessageState *getMessageState(uint32_t address)
 
   cdef cppclass CANPacker:
    CANPacker(string)
diff --git a/opendbc/can/parser_pyx.pyx b/opendbc/can/parser_pyx.pyx
index 4dde79f187..f0f8c12aed 100644
--- a/opendbc/can/parser_pyx.pyx
+++ b/opendbc/can/parser_pyx.pyx
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ cdef class CANParser:
       vl_all = self.vl_all[addr]
       ts_nanos = self.ts_nanos[addr]
 
-      state = self.can.messageState(addr)
+      state = self.can.getMessageState(addr)
       for i in range(state.parse_sigs.size()):
         name = <unicode>state.parse_sigs[i].name
         vl[name] = state.vals[i]