diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index cb716ff849d0ecf67c7d373ee31a19697af75049..fa01ab5280d81b74f8303469a9bb4fe16c7aa150 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -2084,7 +2084,7 @@ virQEMUCapsProbeQMPObjects(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
         if (cap >= 0 && !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, cap))
             continue;
 
-        if ((nvalues = qemuMonitorGetObjectProps(mon,
+        if ((nvalues = qemuMonitorGetDeviceProps(mon,
                                                  type,
                                                  &values)) < 0)
             return -1;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index ec15f79e76734f7419d45d88790463c054677eeb..eb5c8d70bb0f94755a9e9b13696d6b72d3a72a4f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -3917,15 +3917,15 @@ qemuMonitorGetObjectTypes(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 
 int
-qemuMonitorGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                          const char *type,
+qemuMonitorGetDeviceProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                          const char *device,
                           char ***props)
 {
-    VIR_DEBUG("type=%s props=%p", type, props);
+    VIR_DEBUG("device=%s props=%p", device, props);
 
     QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR_JSON(mon);
 
-    return qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectProps(mon, type, props);
+    return qemuMonitorJSONGetDeviceProps(mon, device, props);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 65702eae05eaa62ac333f72a9f87c5abf00afb88..c6c20b7441b71d274119b7fbf6c4af3c135bf100 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -1042,8 +1042,8 @@ int qemuMonitorGetKVMState(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 int qemuMonitorGetObjectTypes(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                               char ***types);
-int qemuMonitorGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                              const char *type,
+int qemuMonitorGetDeviceProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                              const char *device,
                               char ***props);
 char *qemuMonitorGetTargetArch(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 7fd8e756b3a67aaa651b1cec686059d872d31a98..410fa178b2d6dcd57b0f05636c53d746a1e49ee3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -5944,8 +5944,8 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONSetObjectProperty(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 #undef MAKE_SET_CMD
 
 
-int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                                  const char *type,
+int qemuMonitorJSONGetDeviceProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                                  const char *device,
                                   char ***props)
 {
     int ret = -1;
@@ -5959,7 +5959,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     *props = NULL;
 
     if (!(cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("device-list-properties",
-                                           "s:typename", type,
+                                           "s:typename", device,
                                            NULL)))
         return -1;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index c6ad83af4c062e9770b0fd7beaf091d2e7459544..405f0971e5776618afe9d0e390e23ece65f0105c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONSetObjectProperty(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                      qemuMonitorJSONObjectPropertyPtr prop)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(4);
 
-int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                                  const char *type,
+int qemuMonitorJSONGetDeviceProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                                  const char *device,
                                   char ***props)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3);
 char *qemuMonitorJSONGetTargetArch(qemuMonitorPtr mon);