diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Analysis/Presburger/PresburgerSpace.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Analysis/Presburger/PresburgerSpace.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Analysis/Presburger/PresburgerSpace.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Analysis/Presburger/PresburgerSpace.h
@@ -78,8 +78,13 @@
                            numLocals);
   }
 
+  /// Returns the space. This function is primarily intended to be used from
+  /// derived classes.
   PresburgerSpace getSpace() const { return *this; }
-  PresburgerSpace getCompatibleSpace() const {
+
+  /// Returns the space without locals. This function is primarily intended to
+  /// be used from derived classes.
+  PresburgerSpace getSpaceWithoutLocals() const {
     return PresburgerSpace(numDomain, numRange, numSymbols);
   }
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Analysis/Presburger/PresburgerRelation.cpp b/mlir/lib/Analysis/Presburger/PresburgerRelation.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Analysis/Presburger/PresburgerRelation.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Analysis/Presburger/PresburgerRelation.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 using namespace presburger;
 
 PresburgerRelation::PresburgerRelation(const IntegerRelation &disjunct)
-    : PresburgerSpace(disjunct.getCompatibleSpace()) {
+    : PresburgerSpace(disjunct.getSpaceWithoutLocals()) {
   unionInPlace(disjunct);
 }
 
@@ -286,14 +286,14 @@
                                            const PresburgerRelation &set) {
   assert(disjunct.isSpaceCompatible(set) && "Spaces should match");
   if (disjunct.isEmptyByGCDTest())
-    return PresburgerRelation::getEmpty(disjunct.getCompatibleSpace());
+    return PresburgerRelation::getEmpty(disjunct.getSpaceWithoutLocals());
 
   // Remove duplicate divs up front here as subtractRecursively does not support
   // this set having duplicate divs.
   disjunct.removeDuplicateDivs();
 
   PresburgerRelation result =
-      PresburgerRelation::getEmpty(disjunct.getCompatibleSpace());
+      PresburgerRelation::getEmpty(disjunct.getSpaceWithoutLocals());
   Simplex simplex(disjunct);
   subtractRecursively(disjunct, simplex, set, 0, result);
   return result;