diff --git a/cpu/sam0_common/include/periph_cpu_common.h b/cpu/sam0_common/include/periph_cpu_common.h
index c348f69c46..e40513e5ae 100644
--- a/cpu/sam0_common/include/periph_cpu_common.h
+++ b/cpu/sam0_common/include/periph_cpu_common.h
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ void sam0_flashpage_aux_reset(const nvm_user_page_t *cfg);
  * @param   data    The data to write
  * @param   len     Size of the data
  */
-void sam0_flashpage_aux_write_raw(uint32_t offset, const void *data, size_t len);
+void sam0_flashpage_aux_write(uint32_t offset, const void *data, size_t len);
 
 /**
  * @brief   Get pointer to data in the user configuration area.
diff --git a/cpu/sam0_common/periph/flashpage.c b/cpu/sam0_common/periph/flashpage.c
index 396881e249..69184695ea 100644
--- a/cpu/sam0_common/periph/flashpage.c
+++ b/cpu/sam0_common/periph/flashpage.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ void flashpage_write(void *target_addr, const void *data, size_t len)
     _write_row(target_addr, data, len, NVMCTRL_PAGE_SIZE, _cmd_write_page);
 }
 
-void sam0_flashpage_aux_write_raw(uint32_t offset, const void *data, size_t len)
+void sam0_flashpage_aux_write(uint32_t offset, const void *data, size_t len)
 {
     uintptr_t dst = NVMCTRL_USER + sizeof(nvm_user_page_t) + offset;
 
diff --git a/tests/periph_flashpage/main.c b/tests/periph_flashpage/main.c
index b1d5e6c3b6..adc7d31597 100644
--- a/tests/periph_flashpage/main.c
+++ b/tests/periph_flashpage/main.c
@@ -572,10 +572,10 @@ static int cmd_test_config(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     /* write test data */
-    sam0_flashpage_aux_write_raw(dst, test_data, sizeof(test_data));
+    sam0_flashpage_aux_write(dst, test_data, sizeof(test_data));
 
     /* write single half-word */
-    sam0_flashpage_aux_write_raw(dst + sizeof(test_data), &single_data, sizeof(single_data));
+    sam0_flashpage_aux_write(dst + sizeof(test_data), &single_data, sizeof(single_data));
 
     /* check if half-word was written correctly */
     uint16_t data_in = *(uint16_t*)sam0_flashpage_aux_get(dst + sizeof(test_data));