diff --git a/core/admin/mailu/internal/views/dovecot.py b/core/admin/mailu/internal/views/dovecot.py
index e949e2eb..0d56950b 100644
--- a/core/admin/mailu/internal/views/dovecot.py
+++ b/core/admin/mailu/internal/views/dovecot.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def dovecot_quota(ns, user_email):
     user = models.User.query.get(user_email) or flask.abort(404)
     if ns == "storage":
         user.quota_bytes_used = flask.request.get_json()
-        user.flag_updated_at_as_modified()
+        user.dont_change_updated_at()
         models.db.session.commit()
     return flask.jsonify(None)
 
diff --git a/core/admin/mailu/models.py b/core/admin/mailu/models.py
index edcdcf27..0071bc77 100644
--- a/core/admin/mailu/models.py
+++ b/core/admin/mailu/models.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class Base(db.Model):
             self.__hashed = id(self) if primary is None else hash(primary)
         return self.__hashed
 
-    def flag_updated_at_as_modified(self):
+    def dont_change_updated_at(self):
         """ Mark updated_at as modified, but keep the old date when updating the model"""
         flag_modified(self, 'updated_at')