diff --git a/cloud/equinix/wrapngo/wrapn.go b/cloud/equinix/wrapngo/wrapn.go
index 7bd4522..d249439 100644
--- a/cloud/equinix/wrapngo/wrapn.go
+++ b/cloud/equinix/wrapngo/wrapn.go
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@
 // variable can be set prior to the below call to enable verbose packngo
 // debug logs.
 func New(opts *Opts) Client {
-	return new(opts)
+	return newClient(opts)
 }
 
-func new(opts *Opts) *client {
+func newClient(opts *Opts) *client {
 	// Apply the defaults.
 	if opts.APIRate == 0 {
 		opts.APIRate = 2 * time.Second
diff --git a/cloud/equinix/wrapngo/wrapngo_live_test.go b/cloud/equinix/wrapngo/wrapngo_live_test.go
index 549071a..fb649c1 100644
--- a/cloud/equinix/wrapngo/wrapngo_live_test.go
+++ b/cloud/equinix/wrapngo/wrapngo_live_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 	ctx, ctxC := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	t.Cleanup(ctxC)
 	return &liveTestClient{
-		cl: new(&Opts{
+		cl: newClient(&Opts{
 			User:   apiuser,
 			APIKey: apikey,
 		}),