diff --git a/lockingstore/memorylocker.go b/lockingstore/memorylocker.go
index 6536eb9..d15ecc0 100644
--- a/lockingstore/memorylocker.go
+++ b/lockingstore/memorylocker.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type MemoryLocker struct {
 }
 
 // New creates a new lock memory persistor.
-func New() *MemoryLocker {
+func NewMemoryLocker() *MemoryLocker {
 	return &MemoryLocker{
 		locks: make(map[string]bool),
 	}
diff --git a/lockingstore/memorylocker_test.go b/lockingstore/memorylocker_test.go
index d1b16e2..d14fc7b 100644
--- a/lockingstore/memorylocker_test.go
+++ b/lockingstore/memorylocker_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestMemoryLocker(t *testing.T) {
 	var locker Locker
-	locker = New()
+	locker = NewMemoryLocker()
 
 	if err := locker.LockUpload("one"); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error when locking file: %s", err)