diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 6496fe4719e7b8b8a034ff2713ab1ad447fbcada..09f90320e83ae44ae3bcf1cf88859d9ddc8dba27 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5819,7 +5819,7 @@ qemuDomainHotplugAddIOThread(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
 
-    rc = qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, "iothread", alias, NULL);
+    rc = qemuMonitorAddObjectType(priv->mon, "iothread", alias, NULL);
     exp_niothreads++;
     if (rc < 0)
         goto exit_monitor;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index b2a484d2ff06fb51741d74b1ef8be6ed5554e59d..a585a54ed808ca01f80e9eae8c528eebd038fb08 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -487,28 +487,28 @@ qemuDomainAttachDiskGeneric(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
 
     if (secobjProps) {
-        rv = qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, "secret", secinfo->s.aes.alias,
-                                  secobjProps);
-        secobjProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObject consumes */
+        rv = qemuMonitorAddObjectType(priv->mon, "secret", secinfo->s.aes.alias,
+                                      secobjProps);
+        secobjProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObjectType consumes */
         if (rv < 0)
             goto exit_monitor;
         secobjAdded = true;
     }
 
     if (encobjProps) {
-        rv = qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, "secret", encinfo->s.aes.alias,
-                                  encobjProps);
-        encobjProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObject consumes */
+        rv = qemuMonitorAddObjectType(priv->mon, "secret", encinfo->s.aes.alias,
+                                      encobjProps);
+        encobjProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObjectType consumes */
         if (rv < 0)
             goto exit_monitor;
         encobjAdded = true;
     }
 
     if (prmgrProps) {
-        rv = qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, "pr-manager-helper",
-                                  disk->src->pr->mgralias,
-                                  prmgrProps);
-        prmgrProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObject consumes */
+        rv = qemuMonitorAddObjectType(priv->mon, "pr-manager-helper",
+                                      disk->src->pr->mgralias,
+                                      prmgrProps);
+        prmgrProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObjectType consumes */
         if (rv < 0)
             goto exit_monitor;
         prmgrAdded = true;
@@ -1465,17 +1465,17 @@ qemuDomainAddTLSObjects(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         return -1;
 
     if (secAlias) {
-        rc = qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, "secret",
-                                  secAlias, *secProps);
-        *secProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObject consumes */
+        rc = qemuMonitorAddObjectType(priv->mon, "secret",
+                                      secAlias, *secProps);
+        *secProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObjectType consumes */
         if (rc < 0)
             goto error;
     }
 
     if (tlsAlias) {
-        rc = qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, "tls-creds-x509",
-                                  tlsAlias, *tlsProps);
-        *tlsProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObject consumes */
+        rc = qemuMonitorAddObjectType(priv->mon, "tls-creds-x509",
+                                      tlsAlias, *tlsProps);
+        *tlsProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObjectType consumes */
         if (rc < 0)
             goto error;
     }
@@ -2037,8 +2037,8 @@ qemuDomainAttachRNGDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto exit_monitor;
     chardevAdded = true;
 
-    rv = qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, type, objAlias, props);
-    props = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObject consumes */
+    rv = qemuMonitorAddObjectType(priv->mon, type, objAlias, props);
+    props = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObjectType consumes */
     if (rv < 0)
         goto exit_monitor;
     objAdded = true;
@@ -2168,8 +2168,8 @@ qemuDomainAttachMemory(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto removedef;
 
     qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
-    rv = qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, backendType, objalias, props);
-    props = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObject consumes */
+    rv = qemuMonitorAddObjectType(priv->mon, backendType, objalias, props);
+    props = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObjectType consumes */
     if (rv < 0)
         goto exit_monitor;
     objAdded = true;
@@ -2407,9 +2407,9 @@ qemuDomainAttachHostSCSIDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
 
     if (secobjProps) {
-        rv = qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, "secret", secinfo->s.aes.alias,
-                                  secobjProps);
-        secobjProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObject consumes */
+        rv = qemuMonitorAddObjectType(priv->mon, "secret", secinfo->s.aes.alias,
+                                      secobjProps);
+        secobjProps = NULL; /* qemuMonitorAddObjectType consumes */
         if (rv < 0)
             goto exit_monitor;
         secobjAdded = true;
@@ -2780,8 +2780,8 @@ qemuDomainAttachShmemDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                      &shmem->server.chr) < 0)
             goto exit_monitor;
     } else {
-        if (qemuMonitorAddObject(priv->mon, "memory-backend-file",
-                                 memAlias, props) < 0) {
+        if (qemuMonitorAddObjectType(priv->mon, "memory-backend-file",
+                                     memAlias, props) < 0) {
             props = NULL;
             goto exit_monitor;
         }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 43f1d2f8167131096e12db8f9d1160113e50dfcb..77ad47cb7467a3ee4e1097d513259a4ee934bc29 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -2992,7 +2992,7 @@ qemuMonitorAddDeviceArgs(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 
 /**
- * qemuMonitorAddObject:
+ * qemuMonitorAddObjectType:
  * @mon: Pointer to monitor object
  * @type: Type name of object to add
  * @objalias: Alias of the new object
@@ -3002,10 +3002,10 @@ qemuMonitorAddDeviceArgs(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
  * Returns 0 on success -1 on error.
  */
 int
-qemuMonitorAddObject(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                     const char *type,
-                     const char *objalias,
-                     virJSONValuePtr props)
+qemuMonitorAddObjectType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                         const char *type,
+                         const char *objalias,
+                         virJSONValuePtr props)
 {
     VIR_DEBUG("type=%s objalias=%s props=%p", type, objalias, props);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index c28db1a52b8b82dceeb58845fa2f81c08f42dcfc..77a26d4a8a6075c820ff97496611c9a888c259d2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -797,10 +797,10 @@ int qemuMonitorAddDeviceWithFd(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 int qemuMonitorDelDevice(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                          const char *devalias);
 
-int qemuMonitorAddObject(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                         const char *type,
-                         const char *objalias,
-                         virJSONValuePtr props);
+int qemuMonitorAddObjectType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                             const char *type,
+                             const char *objalias,
+                             virJSONValuePtr props);
 
 int qemuMonitorDelObject(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                          const char *objalias);