diff --git a/libFMS.F90 b/libFMS.F90
index 02b54df82a..be1b0705fb 100644
--- a/libFMS.F90
+++ b/libFMS.F90
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ module fms
 
   !> fms
   !! routines that don't conflict with fms2_io
-  use fms_mod, only: fms_init, fms_end, error_mesg, fms_error_handler, &
-                     check_nml_error, &
+  use fms_mod, only: fms_init, fms_end, fms_error_mesg => error_mesg, fms_error_handler, &
+                     fms_check_nml_error => check_nml_error, &
                      fms_monotonic_array => monotonic_array, fms_string_array_index => string_array_index, &
                      fms_clock_flag_default => clock_flag_default, fms_print_memory_usage => print_memory_usage, &
                      fms_write_version_number => write_version_number