diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index d631337e11a827cf73043ec525c0e27f017399f5..e345a6e9b8b085c3b9b8243e24a2b9fc6532bc23 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -1316,8 +1316,8 @@ static int virtio_ccw_add_irqfd(VirtioCcwDevice *dev, int n)
     VirtQueue *vq = virtio_get_queue(vdev, n);
     EventNotifier *notifier = virtio_queue_get_guest_notifier(vq);
 
-    return kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier(kvm_state, notifier, NULL,
-                                          dev->routes.gsi[n]);
+    return kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier_gsi(kvm_state, notifier, NULL,
+                                              dev->routes.gsi[n]);
 }
 
 static void virtio_ccw_remove_irqfd(VirtioCcwDevice *dev, int n)
@@ -1327,8 +1327,8 @@ static void virtio_ccw_remove_irqfd(VirtioCcwDevice *dev, int n)
     EventNotifier *notifier = virtio_queue_get_guest_notifier(vq);
     int ret;
 
-    ret = kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier(kvm_state, notifier,
-                                            dev->routes.gsi[n]);
+    ret = kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier_gsi(kvm_state, notifier,
+                                                dev->routes.gsi[n]);
     assert(ret == 0);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index 66d42233ef31386b27f18a1c6f8a554bc189320c..27b7ec133ec139cc6996464750a2b95bd89c3fad 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void vfio_add_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOMSIVector *vector, MSIMessage *msg,
         return;
     }
 
-    if (kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier(kvm_state, &vector->kvm_interrupt,
+    if (kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier_gsi(kvm_state, &vector->kvm_interrupt,
                                        NULL, virq) < 0) {
         kvm_irqchip_release_virq(kvm_state, virq);
         event_notifier_cleanup(&vector->kvm_interrupt);
@@ -609,8 +609,8 @@ static void vfio_add_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOMSIVector *vector, MSIMessage *msg,
 
 static void vfio_remove_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOMSIVector *vector)
 {
-    kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier(kvm_state, &vector->kvm_interrupt,
-                                      vector->virq);
+    kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier_gsi(kvm_state, &vector->kvm_interrupt,
+                                          vector->virq);
     kvm_irqchip_release_virq(kvm_state, vector->virq);
     vector->virq = -1;
     event_notifier_cleanup(&vector->kvm_interrupt);
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 6a0174e9cc7ef2d1790e245ce04c6e93c430cae9..7a89081e4f4b3e1c9ceb86ab7f52987677bc6f92 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int kvm_virtio_pci_irqfd_use(VirtIOPCIProxy *proxy,
     VirtQueue *vq = virtio_get_queue(vdev, queue_no);
     EventNotifier *n = virtio_queue_get_guest_notifier(vq);
     int ret;
-    ret = kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier(kvm_state, n, NULL, irqfd->virq);
+    ret = kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier_gsi(kvm_state, n, NULL, irqfd->virq);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static void kvm_virtio_pci_irqfd_release(VirtIOPCIProxy *proxy,
     VirtIOIRQFD *irqfd = &proxy->vector_irqfd[vector];
     int ret;
 
-    ret = kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier(kvm_state, n, irqfd->virq);
+    ret = kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier_gsi(kvm_state, n, irqfd->virq);
     assert(ret == 0);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/sysemu/kvm.h b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
index f459fbdbd423ba3b630913a4d4801a271b5c6b4d..acb3025f8c3046b02cfa062611df7a449c94c198 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/kvm.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
@@ -416,9 +416,10 @@ void kvm_irqchip_release_virq(KVMState *s, int virq);
 
 int kvm_irqchip_add_adapter_route(KVMState *s, AdapterInfo *adapter);
 
-int kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n,
-                                   EventNotifier *rn, int virq);
-int kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n, int virq);
+int kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier_gsi(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n,
+                                       EventNotifier *rn, int virq);
+int kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier_gsi(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n,
+                                          int virq);
 void kvm_pc_gsi_handler(void *opaque, int n, int level);
 void kvm_pc_setup_irq_routing(bool pci_enabled);
 void kvm_init_irq_routing(KVMState *s);
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index df57da0bf286e9441996dfd0a21fa4d4c19e3cc4..de73b35e03c75a6de337d295d3fdefe490fa83ed 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -1328,14 +1328,15 @@ int kvm_irqchip_update_msi_route(KVMState *s, int virq, MSIMessage msg)
 }
 #endif /* !KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING */
 
-int kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n,
-                                   EventNotifier *rn, int virq)
+int kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier_gsi(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n,
+                                       EventNotifier *rn, int virq)
 {
     return kvm_irqchip_assign_irqfd(s, event_notifier_get_fd(n),
            rn ? event_notifier_get_fd(rn) : -1, virq, true);
 }
 
-int kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n, int virq)
+int kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier_gsi(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n,
+                                          int virq)
 {
     return kvm_irqchip_assign_irqfd(s, event_notifier_get_fd(n), -1, virq,
            false);
diff --git a/kvm-stub.c b/kvm-stub.c
index 7ba90c546f55d86d1d953a8d77c81239e4f044ca..977de21f9fcc06e0171cc67eb0e3ca7154011dd3 100644
--- a/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/kvm-stub.c
@@ -137,13 +137,14 @@ int kvm_irqchip_add_adapter_route(KVMState *s, AdapterInfo *adapter)
     return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-int kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n,
-                                   EventNotifier *rn, int virq)
+int kvm_irqchip_add_irqfd_notifier_gsi(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n,
+                                       EventNotifier *rn, int virq)
 {
     return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-int kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n, int virq)
+int kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier_gsi(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n,
+                                          int virq)
 {
     return -ENOSYS;
 }