diff --git a/app/models/concerns/storage/legacy_project.rb b/app/models/concerns/storage/legacy_project.rb
index b537f40548e..815db712285 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/storage/legacy_project.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/storage/legacy_project.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Storage
       full_path
     end
 
-    def ensure_dir_exist
+    def ensure_storage_path_exist
       gitlab_shell.add_namespace(repository_storage_path, namespace.full_path)
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index dd025f5574d..d7e9e2ac973 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   default_value_for :snippets_enabled, gitlab_config_features.snippets
   default_value_for :only_allow_merge_if_all_discussions_are_resolved, false
 
-  after_create :ensure_dir_exist
+  after_create :ensure_storage_path_exist
   after_create :create_project_feature, unless: :project_feature
   after_save :update_project_statistics, if: :namespace_id_changed?
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   # Legacy Storage specific hooks
 
-  after_save :ensure_dir_exist, if: :namespace_id_changed?
+  after_save :ensure_storage_path_exist, if: :namespace_id_changed?
 
   acts_as_taggable
 
diff --git a/lib/backup/repository.rb b/lib/backup/repository.rb
index 05175d51963..88821ae56e0 100644
--- a/lib/backup/repository.rb
+++ b/lib/backup/repository.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ module Backup
         path_to_project_repo = path_to_repo(project)
         path_to_project_bundle = path_to_bundle(project)
 
-        project.ensure_dir_exist
+        project.ensure_storage_path_exist
 
         cmd = if File.exist?(path_to_project_bundle)
                 %W(#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} clone --bare #{path_to_project_bundle} #{path_to_project_repo})
diff --git a/spec/migrations/cleanup_namespaceless_pending_delete_projects_spec.rb b/spec/migrations/cleanup_namespaceless_pending_delete_projects_spec.rb
index 49e750a3f4d..dd634f2c024 100644
--- a/spec/migrations/cleanup_namespaceless_pending_delete_projects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/migrations/cleanup_namespaceless_pending_delete_projects_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require Rails.root.join('db', 'post_migrate', '20170502101023_cleanup_namespacel
 describe CleanupNamespacelessPendingDeleteProjects do
   before do
     # Stub after_save callbacks that will fail when Project has no namespace
-    allow_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:ensure_dir_exist).and_return(nil)
+    allow_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:ensure_storage_path_exist).and_return(nil)
     allow_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:update_project_statistics).and_return(nil)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/workers/namespaceless_project_destroy_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/namespaceless_project_destroy_worker_spec.rb
index 8533b7b85e9..f9e23d648ec 100644
--- a/spec/workers/namespaceless_project_destroy_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/namespaceless_project_destroy_worker_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe NamespacelessProjectDestroyWorker do
 
   before do
     # Stub after_save callbacks that will fail when Project has no namespace
-    allow_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:ensure_dir_exist).and_return(nil)
+    allow_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:ensure_storage_path_exist).and_return(nil)
     allow_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:update_project_statistics).and_return(nil)
   end