diff --git a/packages/core/src/core_reactivity_export_internal.ts b/packages/core/src/core_reactivity_export_internal.ts
index 27a776b6595..ab4869e62dd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core_reactivity_export_internal.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core_reactivity_export_internal.ts
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ export {
 } from './render3/reactivity/effect';
 export {InputSignal, ɵɵGetInputSignalWriteType, ModelSignal} from './render3/reactivity/input_signal';
 export {input} from './render3/reactivity/input';
-export {viewChild, viewChildren, ɵɵqueryCreate} from './render3/reactivity/queries';
+export {viewChild, viewChildren, ɵɵviewQueryCreate} from './render3/reactivity/queries';
 // clang-format on
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/queries.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/queries.ts
index 48c1eefd67c..c1d43a25764 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/queries.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/reactivity/queries.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export class ChildrenQuerySignalImpl<T> extends QuerySignal<T> {
 }
 
 // THINK: code duplication for predicate, flags etc.? Or would it be extracted by the compiler?
-export function ɵɵqueryCreate<T>(
+export function ɵɵviewQueryCreate<T>(
     target: Signal<T|undefined>, predicate: ProviderToken<unknown>|string[], flags: QueryFlags,
     read?: any) {
   const lView = getLView();