diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.cc b/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.cc
index 4776d1fe..54ac989c 100644
--- a/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.cc
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.cc
@@ -85,8 +85,15 @@ Context &KaMinPar::context() {
   return _ctx;
 }
 
+// @deprecated in favor of borrow_and_mutate_graph()
 void KaMinPar::take_graph(
     const NodeID n, EdgeID *xadj, NodeID *adjncy, NodeWeight *vwgt, EdgeWeight *adjwgt
+) {
+  borrow_and_mutate_graph(n, xadj, adjncy, vwgt, adjwgt);
+}
+
+void KaMinPar::borrow_and_mutate_graph(
+    const NodeID n, EdgeID *xadj, NodeID *adjncy, NodeWeight *vwgt, EdgeWeight *adjwgt
 ) {
   const EdgeID m = xadj[n];
 
diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h b/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h
index e7c04ff0..179871cc 100644
--- a/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h
@@ -333,9 +333,9 @@ class KaMinPar {
   shm::Context &context();
 
   /*!
-   * Sets the graph to be partitioned by taking ownership of the given pointers. In particular, the
-   * partitioner might modify the data pointed to.
-   * The caller is responsible for free'ing the memory.
+   * Sets the graph to be partitioned by taking temporary ownership of the given pointers. In
+   * particular, the partitioner might modify the data pointed to. The caller is responsible for
+   * free'ing the memory.
    *
    * @param n The number of nodes in the graph.
    * @param xadj Array of length `n + 1`, where `xadj[u]` points to the first neighbor of node `u`
@@ -346,6 +346,15 @@ class KaMinPar {
    * @param adjwgt Array of length `xadj[n]` storing the weight of each edge. Note that reverse
    * edges must be assigned the same weight. If the edges are unweighted, pass `nullptr`.
    */
+  void borrow_and_mutate_graph(
+      shm::NodeID n,
+      shm::EdgeID *xadj,
+      shm::NodeID *adjncy,
+      shm::NodeWeight *vwgt,
+      shm::EdgeWeight *adjwgt
+  );
+
+  /*! @deprecated in favor of borrow_and_mutate_graph() */
   void take_graph(
       shm::NodeID n,
       shm::EdgeID *xadj,