diff --git a/utils/yangutils/src/main/java/org/onosproject/yangutils/datamodel/YangTypeDef.java b/utils/yangutils/src/main/java/org/onosproject/yangutils/datamodel/YangTypeDef.java
index 7b0204c..35998d4 100644
--- a/utils/yangutils/src/main/java/org/onosproject/yangutils/datamodel/YangTypeDef.java
+++ b/utils/yangutils/src/main/java/org/onosproject/yangutils/datamodel/YangTypeDef.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
      *
      * @return the data type
      */
-    public YangType<?> getDataType() {
+    public YangType<?> getTypeDefBaseType() {
         return dataType;
     }