diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 572d3bc20fecb19f82bd4d9a6d465f4508315444..c20d8b02a9f39a48d859f7baef61c0bc21eeee30 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -10857,7 +10857,7 @@ qemuBuildChannelChrDeviceStr(char **deviceStr,
         port = virSocketAddrGetPort(chr->target.addr);
 
         if (virAsprintf(deviceStr,
-                        "user,guestfwd=tcp:%s:%i-chardev:char%s,id=user-%s",
+                        "user,guestfwd=tcp:%s:%i-chardev:char%s,id=%s",
                         addr, port, chr->info.alias, chr->info.alias) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
         break;
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-guestfwd.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-guestfwd.args
index a82d5b6d4e4380d50a0365b5c6599203444f614c..a5e9a125205fe1c1ade3701b3f69bc61ba05ed48 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-guestfwd.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-guestfwd.args
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ server,nowait \
 -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
 -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
 -chardev pipe,id=charchannel0,path=/tmp/guestfwd \
--netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4600-chardev:charchannel0,id=user-channel0 \
+-netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4600-chardev:charchannel0,id=channel0 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-unix-guestfwd.x86_64-2.5.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-unix-guestfwd.x86_64-2.5.0.args
index e8776ca24efcc22c0be4cd8c1c3766eba3a7a1a6..da062968ff34f1c21339ad1f88992272cc48f30a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-unix-guestfwd.x86_64-2.5.0.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-unix-guestfwd.x86_64-2.5.0.args
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ server,nowait \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
 -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,path=/tmp/guestfwd-listen.socket,server,nowait \
--netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4600-chardev:charchannel0,id=user-channel0 \
+-netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4600-chardev:charchannel0,id=channel0 \
 -chardev socket,id=charchannel1,path=/tmp/guestfwd-connect.socket \
--netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4601-chardev:charchannel1,id=user-channel1 \
+-netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4601-chardev:charchannel1,id=channel1 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
 -msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-unix-guestfwd.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-unix-guestfwd.x86_64-latest.args
index db14217c1b3e40886942bf4aa1c8496118a9f2d3..34a3d33f27066f2b963a9c9d155df2b07963fc6e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-unix-guestfwd.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/channel-unix-guestfwd.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
 -boot strict=on \
 -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
 -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,fd=1729,server,nowait \
--netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4600-chardev:charchannel0,id=user-channel0 \
+-netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4600-chardev:charchannel0,id=channel0 \
 -chardev socket,id=charchannel1,path=/tmp/guestfwd-connect.socket \
--netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4601-chardev:charchannel1,id=user-channel1 \
+-netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4601-chardev:charchannel1,id=channel1 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
 -sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
 resourcecontrol=deny \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/name-escape.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/name-escape.args
index b4cad576026c347ac45b3d610738cc305eaa983c..9190b0b921cf4e3fb0cab76969bd11f5778f5410 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/name-escape.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/name-escape.args
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ cert3=cert3,db=/etc/pki/nssdb,,foo,id=smartcard0,bus=ccid0.0 \
 -chardev file,id=charserial1,path=/tmp/serial.log,,foo,append=on \
 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial1,id=serial1 \
 -chardev pipe,id=charchannel0,path=/tmp/guestfwd,,foo \
--netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4600-chardev:charchannel0,id=user-channel0 \
+-netdev user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.1:4600-chardev:charchannel0,id=channel0 \
 -vnc unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo=1,,bar=2/vnc.sock \
 -spice unix,addr=/tmp/lib/domain--1-foo=1,,bar=2/spice.sock,gl=on,\
 rendernode=/dev/dri/foo,,bar,seamless-migration=on \