diff --git a/wp-includes/class-xmlrpc.php b/wp-includes/class-xmlrpc.php
index 7e9b4ae2a..c92396050 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-xmlrpc.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-xmlrpc.php
@@ -1055,8 +1055,8 @@ function iso8601_decode($idate, $utc=0) {
 *                                                               *
 * author: Dan Libby (dan@libby.com)                             *
 ****************************************************************/
-if (!function_exists('xmlrpc_decode')) {
-	function xmlrpc_decode($xmlrpc_val) {
+if (!function_exists('phpxmlrpc_decode')) {
+	function phpxmlrpc_decode($xmlrpc_val) {
 	   $kind = $xmlrpc_val->kindOf();
 
 	   if($kind == "scalar") {
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ if (!function_exists('xmlrpc_decode')) {
 		  $arr = array();
 
 		  for($i = 0; $i < $size; $i++) {
-			 $arr[]=xmlrpc_decode($xmlrpc_val->arraymem($i));
+			 $arr[]=phpxmlrpc_decode($xmlrpc_val->arraymem($i));
 		  }
 		  return $arr; 
 	   }
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ if (!function_exists('xmlrpc_decode')) {
 		  $arr = array();
 
 		  while(list($key,$value)=$xmlrpc_val->structeach()) {
-			 $arr[$key] = xmlrpc_decode($value);
+			 $arr[$key] = phpxmlrpc_decode($value);
 		  }
 		  return $arr;
 	   }
@@ -1095,8 +1095,8 @@ if (!function_exists('xmlrpc_decode')) {
 *                                                               *
 * author: Dan Libby (dan@libby.com)                             *
 ****************************************************************/
-if (!function_exists('xmlrpc_encode')) {
-	function xmlrpc_encode($php_val) {
+if (!function_exists('phpxmlrpc_encode')) {
+	function phpxmlrpc_encode($php_val) {
 	   global $xmlrpcInt;
 	   global $xmlrpcDouble;
 	   global $xmlrpcString;
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ if (!function_exists('xmlrpc_encode')) {
 		  case "object":
 			 $arr = array();
 			 while (list($k,$v) = each($php_val)) {
-				$arr[$k] = xmlrpc_encode($v);
+				$arr[$k] = phpxmlrpc_encode($v);
 			 }
 			 $xmlrpc_val->addStruct($arr);
 			 break;
diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index d81466f84..0e274ea7a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ function weblog_ping($server = '', $path = '') {
     print "</pre>\n";
   }
 
-  $v=@xmlrpc_decode($r->value());
+  $v = @phpxmlrpc_decode($r->value());
   if (!$r->faultCode()) {
 	$result['message'] =  "<p class=\"rpcmsg\">";
 	$result['message'] = $result['message'] .  $v["message"] . "<br />\n";