diff --git a/src/controller/java/CHIPDeviceController-JNI.cpp b/src/controller/java/CHIPDeviceController-JNI.cpp
index 420a17e20160f8..21f9adcc1a753f 100644
--- a/src/controller/java/CHIPDeviceController-JNI.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/java/CHIPDeviceController-JNI.cpp
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ JNI_METHOD(void, getConnectedDevicePointer)(JNIEnv * env, jobject self, jlong ha
     VerifyOrReturn(err == CHIP_NO_ERROR, ChipLogError(Controller, "Error invoking GetConnectedDevice"));
 }
 
-JNI_METHOD(void, releaseConnectedDevicePointer)(JNIEnv * env, jobject self, jlong devicePtr)
+JNI_METHOD(void, releaseOperationalDevicePointer)(JNIEnv * env, jobject self, jlong devicePtr)
 {
     chip::DeviceLayer::StackLock lock;
     OperationalDeviceProxy * device = reinterpret_cast<OperationalDeviceProxy *>(devicePtr);
diff --git a/src/controller/java/src/chip/devicecontroller/ChipDeviceController.java b/src/controller/java/src/chip/devicecontroller/ChipDeviceController.java
index 081b0ea670ca20..a57e772ba7234c 100644
--- a/src/controller/java/src/chip/devicecontroller/ChipDeviceController.java
+++ b/src/controller/java/src/chip/devicecontroller/ChipDeviceController.java
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ public void getConnectedDevicePointer(long nodeId, GetConnectedDeviceCallback ca
     getConnectedDevicePointer(deviceControllerPtr, nodeId, jniCallback.getCallbackHandle());
   }
 
+  public void releaseConnectedDevicePointer(long devicePtr) {
+    releaseOperationalDevicePointer(devicePtr);
+  }
+
   public boolean disconnectDevice(long deviceId) {
     return disconnectDevice(deviceControllerPtr, deviceId);
   }
@@ -630,7 +634,7 @@ private native void commissionDevice(
   private native void getConnectedDevicePointer(
       long deviceControllerPtr, long deviceId, long callbackHandle);
 
-  private native void releaseConnectedDevicePointer(long devicePtr);
+  private native void releaseOperationalDevicePointer(long devicePtr);
 
   private native boolean disconnectDevice(long deviceControllerPtr, long deviceId);