diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIRTypes.td b/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIRTypes.td
--- a/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIRTypes.td
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIRTypes.td
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
     void finalize(llvm::ArrayRef<TypePair> lenPList,
                   llvm::ArrayRef<TypePair> typeList);
     
-    std::string getLoweredName() const;
+    std::string translateNameToFrontendMangledName() const;
 
     detail::RecordTypeStorage const *uniqueKey() const;
   }];
diff --git a/flang/lib/Optimizer/CodeGen/CodeGen.cpp b/flang/lib/Optimizer/CodeGen/CodeGen.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Optimizer/CodeGen/CodeGen.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Optimizer/CodeGen/CodeGen.cpp
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@
   mlir::Value
   getTypeDescriptor(BOX box, mlir::ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter,
                     mlir::Location loc, fir::RecordType recType) const {
-    std::string name = recType.getLoweredName();
+    std::string name = recType.translateNameToFrontendMangledName();
     auto module = box->template getParentOfType<mlir::ModuleOp>();
     if (auto global = module.template lookupSymbol<fir::GlobalOp>(name)) {
       auto ty = mlir::LLVM::LLVMPointerType::get(
diff --git a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIRType.cpp b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIRType.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIRType.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIRType.cpp
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
   return std::numeric_limits<unsigned>::max();
 }
 
-std::string fir::RecordType::getLoweredName() const {
+std::string fir::RecordType::translateNameToFrontendMangledName() const {
   auto split = getName().split('T');
   std::string name = (split.first + "E.dt." + split.second).str();
   return name;