diff --git a/src/storage/storageResolver.js b/src/storage/storageResolver.js
index b39ad991a6..34e4d04e85 100644
--- a/src/storage/storageResolver.js
+++ b/src/storage/storageResolver.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class StorageResolver {
   }
 
   /**
-    * resolve the storage to the specified execution step @arg index. uses the traceManager.resolveStorage
+    * resolve the storage to the specified execution step @arg index. uses the traceManager.accumulateStorageChanges
     *
     * @param {Int} index  - execution step index
     * @param {String} address  - contract address
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class StorageResolver {
     * @param {Int} stepIndex  - vm trave index
     * @return {Map} - The storage resolved to the given exection point
     */
-  resolveStorage (stepIndex, address, storage, callback) {
-    this.traceManager.resolveStorage(stepIndex, address, storage, callback)
+  accumulateStorageChanges (stepIndex, address, storage, callback) {
+    this.traceManager.accumulateStorageChanges(stepIndex, address, storage, callback)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/trace/traceCache.js b/src/trace/traceCache.js
index de834db34f..c16f0691bc 100644
--- a/src/trace/traceCache.js
+++ b/src/trace/traceCache.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ TraceCache.prototype.pushStoreChanges = function (index, address, key, value) {
   this.storageChanges.push(index)
 }
 
-TraceCache.prototype.resolveStorage = function (index, address, storage) {
+TraceCache.prototype.accumulateStorageChanges = function (index, address, storage) {
   var ret = Object.assign({}, storage)
   for (var k in this.storageChanges) {
     var changesIndex = this.storageChanges[k]
diff --git a/src/trace/traceManager.js b/src/trace/traceManager.js
index d75e3fd4cd..f2f050e58a 100644
--- a/src/trace/traceManager.js
+++ b/src/trace/traceManager.js
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ TraceManager.prototype.getLength = function (callback) {
   }
 }
 
-TraceManager.prototype.resolveStorage = function (index, address, storageOrigin, callback) {
-  var storage = this.traceCache.resolveStorage(index, address, storageOrigin)
+TraceManager.prototype.accumulateStorageChanges = function (index, address, storageOrigin, callback) {
+  var storage = this.traceCache.accumulateStorageChanges(index, address, storageOrigin)
   callback(null, storage)
 }
 
diff --git a/test/traceManager.js b/test/traceManager.js
index 84f1854aa2..cd801ba499 100644
--- a/test/traceManager.js
+++ b/test/traceManager.js
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ tape('TraceManager', function (t) {
     st.end()
   })
 
-  t.test('TraceManager.resolveStorage', function (st) {
-    traceManager.resolveStorage(110, '0x0d3a18d64dfe4f927832ab58d6451cecc4e517c5', {}, function (error, result) {
+  t.test('TraceManager.accumulateStorageChanges', function (st) {
+    traceManager.accumulateStorageChanges(110, '0x0d3a18d64dfe4f927832ab58d6451cecc4e517c5', {}, function (error, result) {
       if (error) {
         st.fail(error)
       } else {