diff --git a/dax/controller/controller.go b/dax/controller/controller.go
index de5f97ebb..fc760133e 100644
--- a/dax/controller/controller.go
+++ b/dax/controller/controller.go
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ func (c *Controller) Databases(ctx context.Context, orgID dax.OrganizationID, id
 }
 
 // get the list of workers being used by a database
-func (c *Controller) GetDatabaseWorkerCount(ctx context.Context, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error) {
+func (c *Controller) WorkerCount(ctx context.Context, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error) {
 
 	tx, err := c.Transactor.BeginTx(ctx, false)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/dax/controller/http/handler.go b/dax/controller/http/handler.go
index 91c87c027..bbd18a205 100644
--- a/dax/controller/http/handler.go
+++ b/dax/controller/http/handler.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (s *server) getDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	}
 
 	//send the id into the controller, get the number of workers back
-	numWorkers, err := s.controller.GetDatabaseWorkerCount(ctx, id)
+	numWorkers, err := s.controller.WorkerCount(ctx, id)
 
 	// handle error
 	if err != nil {