diff --git a/boilingcore/templates.go b/boilingcore/templates.go
index ccc125946..6a346a7a8 100644
--- a/boilingcore/templates.go
+++ b/boilingcore/templates.go
@@ -312,11 +312,11 @@ var templateFunctions = template.FuncMap{
 	"whereClause": strmangle.WhereClause,
 
 	// Alias and text helping
-	"aliasCols":       func(ta TableAlias) func(string) string { return ta.Column },
-	"usesPrimitives":  usesPrimitives,
-	"isPrimitive":     isPrimitive,
-	"isNullPrimitive": isNullPrimitive,
-	"toPrimitive":     toPrimitive,
+	"aliasCols":              func(ta TableAlias) func(string) string { return ta.Column },
+	"usesPrimitives":         usesPrimitives,
+	"isPrimitive":            isPrimitive,
+	"isNullPrimitive":        isNullPrimitive,
+	"convertNullToPrimitive": convertNullToPrimitive,
 	"splitLines": func(a string) []string {
 		if a == "" {
 			return nil
diff --git a/boilingcore/text_helpers.go b/boilingcore/text_helpers.go
index 384f34f81..7803f7063 100644
--- a/boilingcore/text_helpers.go
+++ b/boilingcore/text_helpers.go
@@ -168,12 +168,11 @@ func isNullPrimitive(typ string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// toPrimitive takes a type name and returns the underlying primitive type name X if it is a `null.X`,
+// convertNullToPrimitive takes a type name and returns the underlying primitive type name X if it is a `null.X`,
 // otherwise it returns the input value unchanged
-func toPrimitive(typ string) string {
+func convertNullToPrimitive(typ string) string {
 	if isNullPrimitive(typ) {
 		return strings.ToLower(strings.Split(typ, ".")[1])
 	}
 	return typ
 }
-
diff --git a/templates/main/00_struct.go.tpl b/templates/main/00_struct.go.tpl
index 78ecb3837..1e23debdf 100644
--- a/templates/main/00_struct.go.tpl
+++ b/templates/main/00_struct.go.tpl
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ func (w {{$name}}) LTE(x {{.Type}}) qm.QueryMod { return qmhelper.Where(w.field,
 func (w {{$name}}) GT(x {{.Type}}) qm.QueryMod { return qmhelper.Where(w.field, qmhelper.GT, x) }
 func (w {{$name}}) GTE(x {{.Type}}) qm.QueryMod { return qmhelper.Where(w.field, qmhelper.GTE, x) }
 		{{if or (isPrimitive .Type) (isNullPrimitive .Type) (isEnumDBType .DBType) -}}
-func (w {{$name}}) IN(slice []{{toPrimitive .Type}}) qm.QueryMod {
+func (w {{$name}}) IN(slice []{{convertNullToPrimitive .Type}}) qm.QueryMod {
 	values := make([]interface{}, 0, len(slice))
 	for _, value := range slice {
 		values = append(values, value)
 	}
 	return qm.WhereIn(fmt.Sprintf("%s IN ?", w.field), values...)
 }
-func (w {{$name}}) NIN(slice []{{toPrimitive .Type}}) qm.QueryMod {
+func (w {{$name}}) NIN(slice []{{convertNullToPrimitive .Type}}) qm.QueryMod {
 	values := make([]interface{}, 0, len(slice))
 	for _, value := range slice {
 	  values = append(values, value)