diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 1dab5ceff..f1212cd22 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -1181,18 +1181,18 @@ void ExprPos::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
 }
 
 
-void EvalState::strictForceValue(Value & v)
+void EvalState::forceValueDeep(Value & v)
 {
     forceValue(v);
 
     if (v.type == tAttrs) {
         foreach (Bindings::iterator, i, *v.attrs)
-            strictForceValue(*i->value);
+            forceValueDeep(*i->value);
     }
 
     else if (v.type == tList) {
         for (unsigned int n = 0; n < v.list.length; ++n)
-            strictForceValue(*v.list.elems[n]);
+            forceValueDeep(*v.list.elems[n]);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.hh b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
index d8ea0f0ce..ed572b429 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public:
 
     /* Force a value, then recursively force list elements and
        attributes. */
-    void strictForceValue(Value & v);
+    void forceValueDeep(Value & v);
 
     /* Force `v', and then verify that it has the expected type. */
     NixInt forceInt(Value & v, const Pos & pos);
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc b/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
index 6bd1a9d6c..9a6e178f5 100644
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
+++ b/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void processExpr(EvalState & state, const Strings & attrPaths,
             else if (output == okJSON)
                 printValueAsJSON(state, strict, vRes, std::cout, context);
             else {
-                if (strict) state.strictForceValue(vRes);
+                if (strict) state.forceValueDeep(vRes);
                 std::cout << vRes << std::endl;
             }
         } else {