diff --git a/bob/pipelines/utils.py b/bob/pipelines/utils.py
index d7c8a6f7bcb0708c5b75774b5ecc5d0907a89240..d90de9b620507a9dab198a9bd3892ca61f561c23 100644
--- a/bob/pipelines/utils.py
+++ b/bob/pipelines/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
 
-def is_picklable(obj):
+def assert_picklable(obj):
     """
     Test if an object is picklable or not
     """