diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/StartDatafeedAction.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/StartDatafeedAction.java
index 11b306beaaf..4c7db40d888 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/StartDatafeedAction.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/action/StartDatafeedAction.java
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public class StartDatafeedAction
             return datafeedId;
         }
 
-        public long getStartTime() {
+        public long getDatafeedStartTime() {
             return startTime;
         }
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/DatafeedJobRunner.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/DatafeedJobRunner.java
index b9beb4a6c25..1cf967ffb3f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/DatafeedJobRunner.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/DatafeedJobRunner.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class DatafeedJobRunner extends AbstractComponent {
                 if (e != null) {
                     handler.accept(e);
                 } else {
-                    innerRun(holder, task.getStartTime(), task.getEndTime());
+                    innerRun(holder, task.getDatafeedStartTime(), task.getEndTime());
                 }
             });
         }, handler);
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/DatafeedJobRunnerTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/DatafeedJobRunnerTests.java
index 5f015c081ed..3ba51d8aea0 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/DatafeedJobRunnerTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/datafeed/DatafeedJobRunnerTests.java
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public class DatafeedJobRunnerTests extends ESTestCase {
     private static StartDatafeedAction.DatafeedTask createDatafeedTask(String datafeedId, long startTime, Long endTime) {
         StartDatafeedAction.DatafeedTask task = mock(StartDatafeedAction.DatafeedTask.class);
         when(task.getDatafeedId()).thenReturn(datafeedId);
-        when(task.getStartTime()).thenReturn(startTime);
+        when(task.getDatafeedStartTime()).thenReturn(startTime);
         when(task.getEndTime()).thenReturn(endTime);
         return task;
     }