diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Context.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Context.php
index 0c3932ffe4bd7..c3f1c3e691c84 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Context.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Context.php
@@ -332,15 +332,11 @@ public function getModuleName()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieve the module name
-     *
-     * @return string
-     *
-     * @todo alias of getModuleName
+     * @see getModuleName
      */
     public function getFrontName()
     {
-        return $this->getRequest()->getModuleName();
+        return $this->getModuleName();
     }
 
     /**