diff --git a/mopidy/utils/network.py b/mopidy/utils/network.py
index 9306ccd7..50b7d239 100644
--- a/mopidy/utils/network.py
+++ b/mopidy/utils/network.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class Connection(object):
         except socket.error:
             pass
 
-    def send(self, data):
+    def queue_send(self, data):
         """Send data to client exactly as is."""
         self.send_lock.acquire(True)
         self.send_buffer += data
@@ -383,4 +383,4 @@ class LineProtocol(ThreadingActor):
             return
 
         data = self.join_lines(lines)
-        self.connection.send(self.encode(data))
+        self.connection.queue_send(self.encode(data))
diff --git a/tests/frontends/mpd/protocol/__init__.py b/tests/frontends/mpd/protocol/__init__.py
index 8cd91d60..078153b5 100644
--- a/tests/frontends/mpd/protocol/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/frontends/mpd/protocol/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class MockConnetion(mock.Mock):
         self.port = mock.sentinel.port
         self.response = []
 
-    def send(self, data):
+    def queue_send(self, data):
         lines = (line for line in data.split('\n') if line)
         self.response.extend(lines)
 
diff --git a/tests/utils/network/connection_test.py b/tests/utils/network/connection_test.py
index 6e68f250..7e7ff05a 100644
--- a/tests/utils/network/connection_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/network/connection_test.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ class ConnectionTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.mock.send_lock = Mock()
         self.mock.send_buffer = ''
 
-        network.Connection.send(self.mock, 'data')
+        network.Connection.queue_send(self.mock, 'data')
         self.mock.send_lock.acquire.assert_called_once_with(True)
         self.mock.send_lock.release.assert_called_once_with()
 
@@ -326,20 +326,20 @@ class ConnectionTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.mock.send_lock = Mock()
         self.mock.send_buffer = ''
 
-        network.Connection.send(self.mock, 'abc')
+        network.Connection.queue_send(self.mock, 'abc')
         self.assertEqual('abc', self.mock.send_buffer)
 
-        network.Connection.send(self.mock, 'def')
+        network.Connection.queue_send(self.mock, 'def')
         self.assertEqual('abcdef', self.mock.send_buffer)
 
-        network.Connection.send(self.mock, '')
+        network.Connection.queue_send(self.mock, '')
         self.assertEqual('abcdef', self.mock.send_buffer)
 
     def test_send_calls_enable_send(self):
         self.mock.send_lock = Mock()
         self.mock.send_buffer = ''
 
-        network.Connection.send(self.mock, 'data')
+        network.Connection.queue_send(self.mock, 'data')
         self.mock.enable_send.assert_called_once_with()
 
     def test_recv_callback_respects_io_err(self):
diff --git a/tests/utils/network/lineprotocol_test.py b/tests/utils/network/lineprotocol_test.py
index 3d16f81c..4e7df132 100644
--- a/tests/utils/network/lineprotocol_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/network/lineprotocol_test.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class LineProtocolTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         network.LineProtocol.send_lines(self.mock, [])
         self.assertEqual(0, self.mock.encode.call_count)
-        self.assertEqual(0, self.mock.connection.send.call_count)
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.mock.connection.queue_send.call_count)
 
     def test_send_lines_calls_join_lines(self):
         self.mock.connection = Mock(spec=network.Connection)
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class LineProtocolTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.mock.encode.return_value = sentinel.data
 
         network.LineProtocol.send_lines(self.mock, sentinel.lines)
-        self.mock.connection.send.assert_called_once_with(sentinel.data)
+        self.mock.connection.queue_send.assert_called_once_with(sentinel.data)
 
     def test_join_lines_returns_empty_string_for_no_lines(self):
         self.assertEqual(u'', network.LineProtocol.join_lines(self.mock, []))