diff --git a/python/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.sip b/python/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.sip
index ad254196df0..17deb69a690 100644
--- a/python/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.sip
+++ b/python/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.sip
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ class QgsRasterFileWriter
  :rtype: QgsRasterDataProvider
 %End
 
-    QgsRasterDataProvider *createRaster( Qgis::DataType dataType,
-                                         int width, int height, const QgsRectangle &extent,
-                                         int nBands, const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs ) /Factory/;
+    QgsRasterDataProvider *createMultiBandRaster( Qgis::DataType dataType,
+        int width, int height,
+        const QgsRectangle &extent,
+        const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs,
+        int nBands ) /Factory/;
 %Docstring
  Create a raster file with given number of bands without initializing the pixel data.
  Returned provider may be used to initialize the raster using writeBlock() calls.
diff --git a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.cpp b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.cpp
index 840eb9ee883..fbf2b7d9f2f 100644
--- a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ QgsRasterDataProvider *QgsRasterFileWriter::createOneBandRaster( Qgis::DataType
   return initOutput( width, height, crs, geoTransform, 1, dataType, QList<bool>(), QList<double>() );
 }
 
-QgsRasterDataProvider *QgsRasterFileWriter::createRaster( Qgis::DataType dataType, int width, int height, const QgsRectangle &extent, int nBands, const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs )
+QgsRasterDataProvider *QgsRasterFileWriter::createMultiBandRaster( Qgis::DataType dataType, int width, int height, const QgsRectangle &extent, const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs, int nBands )
 {
   if ( mTiledMode )
     return nullptr;  // does not make sense with tiled mode
diff --git a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.h b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.h
index 4ad3ec157ed..653167e8932 100644
--- a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.h
+++ b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterfilewriter.h
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsRasterFileWriter
      * \returns Instance of data provider in editing mode (on success) or nullptr on error.
      * \since QGIS 3.0
      */
-    QgsRasterDataProvider *createRaster( Qgis::DataType dataType,
-                                         int width, int height, const QgsRectangle &extent,
-                                         int nBands, const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs ) SIP_FACTORY;
+    QgsRasterDataProvider *createMultiBandRaster( Qgis::DataType dataType,
+        int width, int height,
+        const QgsRectangle &extent,
+        const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem &crs,
+        int nBands ) SIP_FACTORY;
 
     /** Write raster file
         \param pipe raster pipe