diff --git a/internal_test.go b/internal_test.go
index 282804f9..f364167c 100644
--- a/internal_test.go
+++ b/internal_test.go
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// TstCheckBlockSanity makes the internal checkBlockSanity function available to
-// the test package.
-func (b *BlockChain) TstCheckBlockSanity(block *btcutil.Block) error {
-	return b.checkBlockSanity(block)
-}
-
 // TstSetCoinbaseMaturity makes the ability to set the coinbase maturity
 // available to the test package.
 func TstSetCoinbaseMaturity(maturity int64) {
diff --git a/process.go b/process.go
index 72ecd445..fa4e70dc 100644
--- a/process.go
+++ b/process.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (b *BlockChain) ProcessBlock(block *btcutil.Block) error {
 	}
 
 	// Perform preliminary sanity checks on the block and its transactions.
-	err = b.checkBlockSanity(block)
+	err = b.CheckBlockSanity(block)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/validate.go b/validate.go
index 3e6ef567..700c0045 100644
--- a/validate.go
+++ b/validate.go
@@ -388,9 +388,9 @@ func countP2SHSigOps(tx *btcutil.Tx, isCoinBaseTx bool, txStore TxStore) (int, e
 	return totalSigOps, nil
 }
 
-// checkBlockSanity performs some preliminary checks on a block to ensure it is
+// CheckBlockSanity performs some preliminary checks on a block to ensure it is
 // sane before continuing with block processing.  These checks are context free.
-func (b *BlockChain) checkBlockSanity(block *btcutil.Block) error {
+func (b *BlockChain) CheckBlockSanity(block *btcutil.Block) error {
 	// NOTE: bitcoind does size limits checking here, but the size limits
 	// have already been checked by btcwire for incoming blocks.  Also,
 	// btcwire checks the size limits on send too, so there is no need
diff --git a/validate_test.go b/validate_test.go
index 004c490b..6ce1e09a 100644
--- a/validate_test.go
+++ b/validate_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestCheckBlockSanity(t *testing.T) {
 	defer teardownFunc()
 
 	block := btcutil.NewBlock(&Block100000)
-	err = chain.TstCheckBlockSanity(block)
+	err = chain.CheckBlockSanity(block)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("CheckBlockSanity: %v", err)
 	}