diff --git a/constraint_solver/constraint_solver.h b/constraint_solver/constraint_solver.h
index bc5cd44bd7..abc44e15a9 100644
--- a/constraint_solver/constraint_solver.h
+++ b/constraint_solver/constraint_solver.h
@@ -3657,6 +3657,10 @@ class IntExpr : public PropagationBaseObject {
   // Creates a variable from the expression.
   virtual IntVar* Var() = 0;
 
+  // Creates a variable from the expression and set the name of the
+  // resulting var.
+  IntVar* VarWithName(const string& name);
+
   // Attach a demon that will watch the min or the max of the expression.
   virtual void WhenRange(Demon* d) = 0;
 
@@ -3718,9 +3722,6 @@ class IntVar : public IntExpr {
 
   virtual bool IsVar() const { return true; }
   virtual IntVar* Var() { return this; }
-  // Name the current variable and returns the variable.
-  // This method is useful after a Var() call.
-  IntVar* AddName(const string& name);
 
   // This method returns the value of the variable. This method checks
   // before that the variable is bound.
diff --git a/constraint_solver/expressions.cc b/constraint_solver/expressions.cc
index 150a5a8c59..44d721aed6 100644
--- a/constraint_solver/expressions.cc
+++ b/constraint_solver/expressions.cc
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ IntVar::IntVar(Solver* const s, const string& name) : IntExpr(s) {
   set_name(name);
 }
 
-IntVar* IntVar::AddName(const string& name) {
-  set_name(name);
-  return this;
+IntVar* IntExpr::VarWithName(const string& name) {
+  IntVar* const var = Var();
+  var->set_name(name);
+  return var;
 }
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/examples/sports_scheduling.cc b/examples/sports_scheduling.cc
index 9dad3f8aa1..dfb91cfc52 100644
--- a/examples/sports_scheduling.cc
+++ b/examples/sports_scheduling.cc
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void SportsScheduling(int num_teams) {
 
   // Objective.
   IntVar* const objective_var =
-      solver.MakeSum(team_breaks)->Var()->AddName("SumOfBreaks");
+      solver.MakeSum(team_breaks)->VarWithName("SumOfBreaks");
   OptimizeVar* const objective_monitor = solver.MakeMinimize(objective_var, 1);
   monitors.push_back(objective_monitor);