diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 0c6c2a7845329515cd83ed8f9280fab1986ef256..86a29d8fa3f49d6ecdb80ca53424658d9e827acc 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ void qmp_blockdev_snapshot_sync(bool has_device, const char *device,
                                 bool has_format, const char *format,
                                 bool has_mode, NewImageMode mode, Error **errp)
 {
-    BlockdevSnapshot snapshot = {
+    BlockdevSnapshotSync snapshot = {
         .has_device = has_device,
         .device = (char *) device,
         .has_node_name = has_node_name,
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 691200e16a5b96dc7b7988aa06f70c4f188de4ff..04a01b1247faaeb9b634a26ac3044bc1d8c824fa 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@
 ##
 { 'union': 'TransactionAction',
   'data': {
-       'blockdev-snapshot-sync': 'BlockdevSnapshot',
+       'blockdev-snapshot-sync': 'BlockdevSnapshotSync',
        'drive-backup': 'DriveBackup',
        'blockdev-backup': 'BlockdevBackup',
        'abort': 'Abort',
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index fa08ba946a61f21767b0d0f420e140739d8b2efd..f592adc8dfdf576548d7f4a6a5c29ca3a3cd60c9 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
   'data': [ 'existing', 'absolute-paths' ] }
 
 ##
-# @BlockdevSnapshot
+# @BlockdevSnapshotSync
 #
 # Either @device or @node-name must be set but not both.
 #
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
 # @mode: #optional whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is
 #        'absolute-paths'.
 ##
-{ 'struct': 'BlockdevSnapshot',
+{ 'struct': 'BlockdevSnapshotSync',
   'data': { '*device': 'str', '*node-name': 'str',
             'snapshot-file': 'str', '*snapshot-node-name': 'str',
             '*format': 'str', '*mode': 'NewImageMode' } }
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@
 #
 # Generates a synchronous snapshot of a block device.
 #
-# For the arguments, see the documentation of BlockdevSnapshot.
+# For the arguments, see the documentation of BlockdevSnapshotSync.
 #
 # Returns: nothing on success
 #          If @device is not a valid block device, DeviceNotFound
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
 # Since 0.14.0
 ##
 { 'command': 'blockdev-snapshot-sync',
-  'data': 'BlockdevSnapshot' }
+  'data': 'BlockdevSnapshotSync' }
 
 ##
 # @change-backing-file