diff --git a/hw/ivshmem.c b/hw/ivshmem.c
index f4ae0d2b955a23a84433c4c798c01213aae322d1..242fbea3a5043ec3b8ae4d8b3a2c625f535803bd 100644
--- a/hw/ivshmem.c
+++ b/hw/ivshmem.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static void ivshmem_read(void *opaque, const uint8_t * buf, int flags)
 
     memcpy(&incoming_posn, buf, sizeof(long));
     /* pick off s->server_chr->msgfd and store it, posn should accompany msg */
-    tmp_fd = qemu_chr_get_msgfd(s->server_chr);
+    tmp_fd = qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd(s->server_chr);
     IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("posn is %ld, fd is %d\n", incoming_posn, tmp_fd);
 
     /* make sure we have enough space for this guest */
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index cc1b7be9b61e64bbdd41db1662110165a1c7b529..ada51d0c232e025bd5e1f1cab639358e379fce05 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -2770,7 +2770,7 @@ static int do_getfd(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data)
     mon_fd_t *monfd;
     int fd;
 
-    fd = qemu_chr_get_msgfd(mon->chr);
+    fd = qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd(mon->chr);
     if (fd == -1) {
         qerror_report(QERR_FD_NOT_SUPPLIED);
         return -1;
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index c0af8f3adef65f87d0f8a9aba99192102a45733d..2075118f6bde2b5c6d1bc6f10eb3fbec30231e8b 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void qemu_chr_be_write(CharDriverState *s, uint8_t *buf, int len)
     s->chr_read(s->handler_opaque, buf, len);
 }
 
-int qemu_chr_get_msgfd(CharDriverState *s)
+int qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd(CharDriverState *s)
 {
     return s->get_msgfd ? s->get_msgfd(s) : -1;
 }
diff --git a/qemu-char.h b/qemu-char.h
index 555b5f146608982d7c1f368b30dd3b4ecf81a81f..abd9cbdcbe501b57a7bda731737c53fabf20b621 100644
--- a/qemu-char.h
+++ b/qemu-char.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int qemu_chr_fe_ioctl(CharDriverState *s, int cmd, void *arg);
 void qemu_chr_generic_open(CharDriverState *s);
 int qemu_chr_be_can_write(CharDriverState *s);
 void qemu_chr_be_write(CharDriverState *s, uint8_t *buf, int len);
-int qemu_chr_get_msgfd(CharDriverState *s);
+int qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd(CharDriverState *s);
 void qemu_chr_accept_input(CharDriverState *s);
 int qemu_chr_add_client(CharDriverState *s, int fd);
 void qemu_chr_info_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *ret_data);