diff --git a/scripts/coverity-model.c b/scripts/coverity-model.c
index ee5bf9d078b8b4cedc6c5b8b06bc6b5b55949dcb..c702804f41c17c1cf5cf6e09aa1ec8516ebfed52 100644
--- a/scripts/coverity-model.c
+++ b/scripts/coverity-model.c
@@ -67,18 +67,27 @@ static void __bufread(uint8_t *buf, ssize_t len)
     int last = buf[len-1];
 }
 
-MemTxResult address_space_rw(AddressSpace *as, hwaddr addr, MemTxAttrs attrs,
-                             uint8_t *buf, int len, bool is_write)
+MemTxResult address_space_read(AddressSpace *as, hwaddr addr,
+                               MemTxAttrs attrs,
+                               uint8_t *buf, int len)
 {
     MemTxResult result;
-
     // TODO: investigate impact of treating reads as producing
     // tainted data, with __coverity_tainted_data_argument__(buf).
-    if (is_write) __bufread(buf, len); else __bufwrite(buf, len);
+    __bufwrite(buf, len);
+    return result;
+}
 
+MemTxResult address_space_write(AddressSpace *as, hwaddr addr,
+                                MemTxAttrs attrs,
+                                const uint8_t *buf, int len)
+{
+    MemTxResult result;
+    __bufread(buf, len);
     return result;
 }
 
+
 /* Tainting */
 
 typedef struct {} name2keysym_t;