diff --git a/fallback.c b/fallback.c
index ee74a6ed3..6f0327d6f 100644
--- a/fallback.c
+++ b/fallback.c
@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@
 #include <ncurses/term.h>
 #endif
 
-#include "common.h"
+#include "fallback.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 
 #ifdef TPUTS_KLUDGE
 
-int tputs(const char *str, int affcnt, int (*putc)(tputs_arg_t))
+int tputs(const char *str, int affcnt, int (*fish_putc)(tputs_arg_t))
 {
 	while( *str )
 	{
-		putc( *str++ );
+		fish_putc( *str++ );
 	}	
 }
 
diff --git a/fallback.h b/fallback.h
index b3be9d905..e42bbbd4e 100644
--- a/fallback.h
+++ b/fallback.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ typedef char tputs_arg_t;
    Linux on PPC seems to have a tputs implementation that sometimes
    behaves strangely. This fallback seems to fix things.
 */
-int tputs(const char *str, int affcnt, int (*putc)(tputs_arg_t));
+int tputs(const char *str, int affcnt, int (*fish_putc)(tputs_arg_t));
 
 #endif