diff --git a/src/common/system.cpp b/src/common/system.cpp
index ca7b857d983..1b1bff171cb 100644
--- a/src/common/system.cpp
+++ b/src/common/system.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ int GetNumCores()
     return std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
 }
 
-std::optional<size_t> GetTotalRAM()
+std::optional<size_t> TryGetTotalRam()
 {
     [[maybe_unused]] auto clamp{[](uint64_t v) { return size_t(std::min(v, uint64_t{std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max()})); }};
 #ifdef WIN32
diff --git a/src/common/system.h b/src/common/system.h
index a3100fecbc1..e0d1b917671 100644
--- a/src/common/system.h
+++ b/src/common/system.h
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ int GetNumCores();
 /**
  * Return the total RAM available on the current system, if detectable.
  */
-std::optional<size_t> GetTotalRAM();
+std::optional<size_t> TryGetTotalRam();
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_COMMON_SYSTEM_H
diff --git a/src/node/caches.cpp b/src/node/caches.cpp
index fc13b8a295c..ea69c717760 100644
--- a/src/node/caches.cpp
+++ b/src/node/caches.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace node {
 uint64_t GetDefaultDBCache()
 {
     if constexpr (sizeof(void*) >= 8) {
-        if (GetTotalRAM().value_or(0) >= HIGH_DEFAULT_DBCACHE_MIN_TOTAL_RAM) {
+        if (TryGetTotalRam().value_or(0) >= HIGH_DEFAULT_DBCACHE_MIN_TOTAL_RAM) {
             return HIGH_DEFAULT_DBCACHE;
         }
     }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ CacheSizes CalculateCacheSizes(const ArgsManager& args, size_t n_indexes)
 
 void LogOversizedDbCache(const ArgsManager& args) noexcept
 {
-    if (const auto total_ram{GetTotalRAM()}) {
+    if (const auto total_ram{TryGetTotalRam()}) {
         const uint64_t db_cache{CalculateDbCacheBytes(args)};
         if (ShouldWarnOversizedDbCache(db_cache, *total_ram)) {
             InitWarning(bilingual_str{tfm::format(_("A %zu MiB dbcache may be too large for a system memory of only %zu MiB."),
diff --git a/src/test/system_ram_tests.cpp b/src/test/system_ram_tests.cpp
index 4eb4e1e3e52..79e4ebfbeb6 100644
--- a/src/test/system_ram_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/system_ram_tests.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(system_ram_tests)
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(total_ram)
 {
-    const auto total{GetTotalRAM()};
+    const auto total{TryGetTotalRam()};
     if (!total) {
         BOOST_WARN_MESSAGE(false, "skipping total_ram: total RAM unknown");
         return;