diff --git a/src/analysis/processing/qgsalgorithmextractlabels.cpp b/src/analysis/processing/qgsalgorithmextractlabels.cpp
index ec502c316a67..e4025d99d7cc 100644
--- a/src/analysis/processing/qgsalgorithmextractlabels.cpp
+++ b/src/analysis/processing/qgsalgorithmextractlabels.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class ExtractLabelSink : public QgsLabelSink
           break;
 
         case Qgis::LabelMultiLineAlignment::FollowPlacement:
-          switch ( label->getQuadrant() )
+          switch ( label->quadrant() )
           {
             case Qgis::LabelQuadrantPosition::AboveLeft:
             case Qgis::LabelQuadrantPosition::Left:
diff --git a/src/core/dxf/qgsdxfexport.cpp b/src/core/dxf/qgsdxfexport.cpp
index 1a2fcaadf250..4f9f62716e1b 100644
--- a/src/core/dxf/qgsdxfexport.cpp
+++ b/src/core/dxf/qgsdxfexport.cpp
@@ -2439,7 +2439,7 @@ void QgsDxfExport::drawLabel( const QString &layerId, QgsRenderContext &context,
   if ( tmpLyr.multilineAlign == Qgis::LabelMultiLineAlignment::FollowPlacement )
   {
     //calculate font alignment based on label quadrant
-    switch ( label->getQuadrant() )
+    switch ( label->quadrant() )
     {
       case Qgis::LabelQuadrantPosition::AboveLeft:
       case Qgis::LabelQuadrantPosition::Left:
diff --git a/src/core/labeling/qgsvectorlayerlabelprovider.cpp b/src/core/labeling/qgsvectorlayerlabelprovider.cpp
index 1a4af02b750a..0d3526ebd8a2 100644
--- a/src/core/labeling/qgsvectorlayerlabelprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/core/labeling/qgsvectorlayerlabelprovider.cpp
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void QgsVectorLayerLabelProvider::drawLabel( QgsRenderContext &context, pal::Lab
   if ( tmpLyr.multilineAlign == Qgis::LabelMultiLineAlignment::FollowPlacement )
   {
     //calculate font alignment based on label quadrant
-    switch ( label->getQuadrant() )
+    switch ( label->quadrant() )
     {
       case Qgis::LabelQuadrantPosition::AboveLeft:
       case Qgis::LabelQuadrantPosition::Left:
diff --git a/src/core/pal/labelposition.h b/src/core/pal/labelposition.h
index e15d6b3a4852..6b2364350ee2 100644
--- a/src/core/pal/labelposition.h
+++ b/src/core/pal/labelposition.h
@@ -290,7 +290,10 @@ namespace pal
 
       bool getUpsideDown() const { return upsideDown; }
 
-      Qgis::LabelQuadrantPosition getQuadrant() const { return mQuadrant; }
+      /**
+       * Returns the quadrant associated with this label position.
+       */
+      Qgis::LabelQuadrantPosition quadrant() const { return mQuadrant; }
 
       /**
        * Returns the next part of this label position (i.e. the next character for a curved label).