diff --git a/met/src/libcode/vx_statistics/pair_data_ensemble.cc b/met/src/libcode/vx_statistics/pair_data_ensemble.cc
index bc27df220c..5f21f17fe9 100644
--- a/met/src/libcode/vx_statistics/pair_data_ensemble.cc
+++ b/met/src/libcode/vx_statistics/pair_data_ensemble.cc
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ void PairDataEnsemble::compute_ssvar() {
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-PairDataEnsemble PairDataEnsemble::subset_pairs(const SingleThresh &ot) const {
+PairDataEnsemble PairDataEnsemble::subset_pairs_obs_thresh(const SingleThresh &ot) const {
 
    // Check for no work to be done
    if(ot.get_type() == thresh_na) return(*this);
diff --git a/met/src/libcode/vx_statistics/pair_data_ensemble.h b/met/src/libcode/vx_statistics/pair_data_ensemble.h
index 5bfd4d4300..3d71af984b 100644
--- a/met/src/libcode/vx_statistics/pair_data_ensemble.h
+++ b/met/src/libcode/vx_statistics/pair_data_ensemble.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class PairDataEnsemble : public PairBase {
       void compute_phist();
       void compute_ssvar();
 
-      PairDataEnsemble subset_pairs(const SingleThresh &ot) const;
+      PairDataEnsemble subset_pairs_obs_thresh(const SingleThresh &ot) const;
 };
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////