diff --git a/core/base.go b/core/base.go
index 0d4f58c4..0f9252d9 100644
--- a/core/base.go
+++ b/core/base.go
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) Restart() error {
 			}
 		}()
 
-		return exec(execPath, os.Args, os.Environ())
+		return execve(execPath, os.Args, os.Environ())
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/core/syscall.go b/core/syscall.go
index 3b7cbfdf..c4bb38d9 100644
--- a/core/syscall.go
+++ b/core/syscall.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package core
 
 import "syscall"
 
-func exec(argv0 string, argv []string, envv []string) error {
+// execve invokes the execve(2) system call.
+func execve(argv0 string, argv []string, envv []string) error {
 	return syscall.Exec(argv0, argv, envv)
 }
diff --git a/core/syscall_wasm.go b/core/syscall_wasm.go
index a971fb6a..cf4d9a4c 100644
--- a/core/syscall_wasm.go
+++ b/core/syscall_wasm.go
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ package core
 
 import "errors"
 
-func exec(argv0 string, argv []string, envv []string) error {
+func execve(argv0 string, argv []string, envv []string) error {
 	return errors.ErrUnsupported
 }