diff --git a/src/backend_x64/block_of_code.cpp b/src/backend_x64/block_of_code.cpp
index 6f128263..3ffc3003 100644
--- a/src/backend_x64/block_of_code.cpp
+++ b/src/backend_x64/block_of_code.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void BlockOfCode::GenMemoryAccessors() {
     CallFunction(cb.MemoryRead32);
     ABI_PopCallerSaveRegistersAndAdjustStack(this);
     ret();
-    
+
     align();
     read_memory_64 = getCurr<const void*>();
     ABI_PushCallerSaveRegistersAndAdjustStack(this);
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ void BlockOfCode::nop(size_t size) {
     }
 }
 
-void* BlockOfCode::alloc(size_t alloc_size) {
+void* BlockOfCode::AllocateFromCodeSpace(size_t alloc_size) {
     if (size_ + alloc_size >= maxSize_) {
         throw Xbyak::Error(Xbyak::ERR_CODE_IS_TOO_BIG);
     }
diff --git a/src/backend_x64/block_of_code.h b/src/backend_x64/block_of_code.h
index 12ccc9f3..4824e6b6 100644
--- a/src/backend_x64/block_of_code.h
+++ b/src/backend_x64/block_of_code.h
@@ -129,7 +129,11 @@ public:
     void int3() { db(0xCC); }
     void nop(size_t size = 1);
 
-    void* alloc(size_t size);
+    /// Allocate memory of `size` bytes from the same block of memory the code is in.
+    /// This is useful for objects that need to be placed close to or within code.
+    /// The lifetime of this memory is the same as the code around it.
+    void* AllocateFromCodeSpace(size_t size);
+
     void SetCodePtr(CodePtr code_ptr);
     void EnsurePatchLocationSize(CodePtr begin, size_t size);
 
diff --git a/src/backend_x64/unwind_windows.cpp b/src/backend_x64/unwind_windows.cpp
index 8b975ea9..58e47893 100644
--- a/src/backend_x64/unwind_windows.cpp
+++ b/src/backend_x64/unwind_windows.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void BlockOfCode::UnwindHandler::Register(BlockOfCode* code) {
     const auto prolog_info = GetPrologueInformation();
 
     code->align(16);
-    UNWIND_INFO* unwind_info = static_cast<UNWIND_INFO*>(code->alloc(sizeof(UNWIND_INFO)));
+    UNWIND_INFO* unwind_info = static_cast<UNWIND_INFO*>(code->AllocateFromCodeSpace(sizeof(UNWIND_INFO)));
     unwind_info->Version = 1;
     unwind_info->Flags = 0; // No special exception handling required.
     unwind_info->SizeOfProlog = prolog_info.prolog_size;
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ void BlockOfCode::UnwindHandler::Register(BlockOfCode* code) {
     unwind_info->FrameOffset = 0; // Unused because FrameRegister == 0
     // UNWIND_INFO::UnwindCode field:
     const size_t size_of_unwind_code = sizeof(UNWIND_CODE) * prolog_info.unwind_code.size();
-    UNWIND_CODE* unwind_code = static_cast<UNWIND_CODE*>(code->alloc(size_of_unwind_code));
+    UNWIND_CODE* unwind_code = static_cast<UNWIND_CODE*>(code->AllocateFromCodeSpace(size_of_unwind_code));
     memcpy(unwind_code, prolog_info.unwind_code.data(), size_of_unwind_code);
 
     code->align(16);
-    RUNTIME_FUNCTION* rfuncs = static_cast<RUNTIME_FUNCTION*>(code->alloc(sizeof(RUNTIME_FUNCTION)));
+    RUNTIME_FUNCTION* rfuncs = static_cast<RUNTIME_FUNCTION*>(code->AllocateFromCodeSpace(sizeof(RUNTIME_FUNCTION)));
     rfuncs->BeginAddress = static_cast<DWORD>(reinterpret_cast<u8*>(code->run_code) - code->getCode());
     rfuncs->EndAddress = static_cast<DWORD>(code->maxSize_);
     rfuncs->UnwindData = static_cast<DWORD>(reinterpret_cast<u8*>(unwind_info) - code->getCode());