diff --git a/static/js/stream_list.js b/static/js/stream_list.js
index adaf4267d3..b914be8858 100644
--- a/static/js/stream_list.js
+++ b/static/js/stream_list.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var last_private_message_count = 0;
 var last_mention_count = 0;
 var previous_sort_order;
 
-exports.sort_narrow_list = function () {
+exports.build_stream_list = function () {
     var streams = stream_data.subscribed_streams();
     if (streams.length === 0) {
         return;
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ exports.sort_narrow_list = function () {
 
     var sort_recent = (streams.length > 40);
 
+
     streams.sort(function (a, b) {
         if (sort_recent) {
             if (recent_subjects.has(b) && ! recent_subjects.has(a)) {
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ function rebuild_recent_subjects(stream, active_topic) {
 }
 
 exports.update_streams_sidebar = function () {
-    exports.sort_narrow_list();
+    exports.build_stream_list();
 
     if (! narrow.active()) {
         return;
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ exports.update_dom_with_unread_counts = function (counts) {
 
 exports.rename_stream = function (sub) {
     sub.sidebar_li = build_narrow_filter(sub.name, "stream");
-    exports.sort_narrow_list(); // big hammer
+    exports.build_stream_list(); // big hammer
 };
 
 $(function () {
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ $(function () {
         if (li) {
             event.sub.sidebar_li = li;
         }
-        exports.sort_narrow_list();
+        exports.build_stream_list();
     });
 
     $(document).on('subscription_remove_done.zulip', function (event) {
diff --git a/static/js/subs.js b/static/js/subs.js
index 643e1ba8e1..d6ac3f64ac 100644
--- a/static/js/subs.js
+++ b/static/js/subs.js
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ function populate_subscriptions(subs, subscribed) {
         sub_rows.push(sub);
     });
 
-    stream_list.sort_narrow_list();
+    stream_list.build_stream_list();
     return sub_rows;
 }