diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index 75f03de09..99a41a6a4 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
     uniqueness: { message: :epp_id_taken },
     format: { with: /\A[\w\-\:\.\_]*\z/i, message: :invalid },
     length: { maximum: 100, message: :too_long_contact_code }
-  validate :ident_valid_format?
+  validate :val_ident_valid_format?
   validate :uniq_statuses?
   validate :validate_html
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
     name || '[no name]'
   end
 
-  def ident_valid_format?
+  def val_ident_valid_format?
     case ident_country_code
     when 'EE'.freeze
       err_msg = "invalid_EE_identity_format#{"_update" if id}".to_sym