diff --git a/django/utils/functional.py b/django/utils/functional.py
index 2c13c90bbb..e3c0a3c76b 100644
--- a/django/utils/functional.py
+++ b/django/utils/functional.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-def curry(func, *args, **kwargs):
+def curry(_curried_func, *args, **kwargs):
     def _curried(*moreargs, **morekwargs):
-        return func(*(args+moreargs), **dict(kwargs, **morekwargs))
+        return _curried_func(*(args+moreargs), **dict(kwargs, **morekwargs))
     return _curried
 
 class Promise: