diff --git a/examples/by_api_module/execution_control.cu b/examples/by_api_module/execution_control.cu
index ff6fcc0b..e2d57031 100644
--- a/examples/by_api_module/execution_control.cu
+++ b/examples/by_api_module/execution_control.cu
@@ -56,13 +56,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 #if CUDA_VERSION >= 12030
 	cuda::kernel_t const& base_ref = kernel;
-	auto name_from_kernel = base_ref.name();
-	if (strcmp(name_from_kernel, kernel_name) != 0) {
+	auto mangled_name_from_kernel = base_ref.mangled_name();
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+	auto demangled_name = demangle(mangled_name_from_kernel);
+	if (strcmp(demangled_name.c_str(), kernel_name) != 0) {
 		std::cout
 			<< "CUDA reports a different name for kernel \"" << kernel_name
-			<< "\" via its handle: \"" << name_from_kernel << "\"" << std::endl;
+			<< "\" via its handle: \"" << demangled_name << "\"" << std::endl;
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
+#endif
 #endif
 
 	// ------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/cuda/api/kernel.hpp b/src/cuda/api/kernel.hpp
index 5575cce5..e632e3db 100644
--- a/src/cuda/api/kernel.hpp
+++ b/src/cuda/api/kernel.hpp
@@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ class kernel_t {
 #endif
 
 #if CUDA_VERSION >= 12030
-	const char *name() const { return cuda::kernel::detail_::get_name(context_handle_, handle_); }
+	/// Return the mangled name of the kernel (representing the original name, and,
+	/// possibly, the parameter types)
+	const char *mangled_name() const { return cuda::kernel::detail_::get_name(context_handle_, handle_); }
 	module_t module() const;
 #endif