diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js
index 452cdfca..7c487c1e 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ LayergroupController.prototype.register = function(app) {
         userMiddleware(),
         this.prepareContext,
         getMapStoreMapConfigProvider(this.mapStore, this.userLimitsApi),
-        attributes(this.attributesBackend),
+        getFeatureAttributes(this.attributesBackend),
         setCacheControlHeader(),
         setLastModifiedHeader(),
         getAffectedTables(this.layergroupAffectedTables, this.pgConnection),
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ function dataviewSearch (dataviewBackend) {
     };
 }
 
-function attributes (attributesBackend) {
-    return function attributesMiddleware (req, res, next) {
+function getFeatureAttributes (attributesBackend) {
+    return function getFeatureAttributesMiddleware (req, res, next) {
         req.profiler.start('windshaft.maplayer_attribute');
 
         const { mapConfigProvider } = res.locals;