diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ldap.h b/winsup/cygwin/ldap.h
index 993f5100c..4c2437a6f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ldap.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ldap.h
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ public:
   /* User only */
   gid_t get_primary_gid () { return get_num_attribute (L"primaryGroupID"); }
   gid_t get_unix_uid () { return get_num_attribute (L"uidNumber"); }
-  /* group only */
-  PWCHAR get_group_name ()
+  PWCHAR get_account_name ()
 	    { return get_string_attribute (L"sAMAccountName"); }
   gid_t get_unix_gid () { return get_num_attribute (L"gidNumber"); }
 };
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
index b70e384f3..681a9f714 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ pwdgrp::fetch_account_from_windows (fetch_user_arg_t &arg, cyg_ldap *pldap)
 	  PWCHAR val;
 
 	  if (cldap->fetch_ad_account (sid, true)
-	      && (val = cldap->get_group_name ()))
+	      && (val = cldap->get_account_name ()))
 	    {
 	      wcpcpy (name, val);
 	      wcpcpy (dom, L"BUILTIN");