diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index aefb31593b157333e2ea69eb50d6b4854d9e8b6e..7155269835c26ad1d432356c18e1c2b4b00dac66 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static FWCfgState *bochs_bios_init(void)
                      acpi_tables, acpi_tables_len);
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_IRQ0_OVERRIDE, kvm_allows_irq0_override());
 
-    smbios_table = smbios_get_table(&smbios_len);
+    smbios_table = smbios_get_table_legacy(&smbios_len);
     if (smbios_table)
         fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SMBIOS_ENTRIES,
                          smbios_table, smbios_len);
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 810f32375bbf2623767c76475292c2fe0bf15ac2..e4e176e4f366bd889045f7a5075d7aabe84b4d81 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static const int ide_irq[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 14, 15 };
 
 static bool has_pci_info;
 static bool has_acpi_build = true;
-static bool smbios_type1_defaults = true;
+static bool smbios_defaults = true;
 /* Make sure that guest addresses aligned at 1Gbyte boundaries get mapped to
  * host addresses aligned at 1Gbyte boundaries.  This way we can use 1GByte
  * pages in the host.
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ static void pc_init1(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args,
     guest_info->has_pci_info = has_pci_info;
     guest_info->isapc_ram_fw = !pci_enabled;
 
-    if (smbios_type1_defaults) {
+    if (smbios_defaults) {
         /* These values are guest ABI, do not change */
-        smbios_set_type1_defaults("QEMU", "Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)",
-                                  args->machine->name);
+        smbios_set_defaults("QEMU", "Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)",
+                            args->machine->name);
     }
 
     /* allocate ram and load rom/bios */
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void pc_compat_2_0(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 static void pc_compat_1_7(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
     pc_compat_2_0(args);
-    smbios_type1_defaults = false;
+    smbios_defaults = false;
     gigabyte_align = false;
     option_rom_has_mr = true;
     x86_cpu_compat_disable_kvm_features(FEAT_1_ECX, CPUID_EXT_X2APIC);
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void pc_init_pci_no_kvmclock(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
     has_pci_info = false;
     has_acpi_build = false;
-    smbios_type1_defaults = false;
+    smbios_defaults = false;
     x86_cpu_compat_disable_kvm_features(FEAT_KVM, KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI);
     enable_compat_apic_id_mode();
     pc_init1(args, 1, 0);
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static void pc_init_isa(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
     has_pci_info = false;
     has_acpi_build = false;
-    smbios_type1_defaults = false;
+    smbios_defaults = false;
     if (!args->cpu_model) {
         args->cpu_model = "486";
     }
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 89cf10ca21e4761bf2dda9e0b0cb5b7c4e190f10..312e1ae2e6ab60e6f4f6af19dfc8ee24ac48cf73 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 static bool has_pci_info;
 static bool has_acpi_build = true;
-static bool smbios_type1_defaults = true;
+static bool smbios_defaults = true;
 /* Make sure that guest addresses aligned at 1Gbyte boundaries get mapped to
  * host addresses aligned at 1Gbyte boundaries.  This way we can use 1GByte
  * pages in the host.
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ static void pc_q35_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
     guest_info->isapc_ram_fw = false;
     guest_info->has_acpi_build = has_acpi_build;
 
-    if (smbios_type1_defaults) {
+    if (smbios_defaults) {
         /* These values are guest ABI, do not change */
-        smbios_set_type1_defaults("QEMU", "Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)",
-                                  args->machine->name);
+        smbios_set_defaults("QEMU", "Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)",
+                            args->machine->name);
     }
 
     /* allocate ram and load rom/bios */
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static void pc_compat_2_0(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 static void pc_compat_1_7(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
     pc_compat_2_0(args);
-    smbios_type1_defaults = false;
+    smbios_defaults = false;
     gigabyte_align = false;
     option_rom_has_mr = true;
     x86_cpu_compat_disable_kvm_features(FEAT_1_ECX, CPUID_EXT_X2APIC);
diff --git a/hw/i386/smbios.c b/hw/i386/smbios.c
index e8f41ad435a76223f52d22e6c80197ef05d9c9d9..e734d4cc290f3cba970320b8669bcae66c0ef506 100644
--- a/hw/i386/smbios.c
+++ b/hw/i386/smbios.c
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@
 #include "hw/i386/smbios.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 
-/*
- * Structures shared with the BIOS
- */
+
+/* legacy structures and constants for <= 2.0 machines */
 struct smbios_header {
     uint16_t length;
     uint8_t type;
@@ -46,6 +45,9 @@ struct smbios_table {
 
 static uint8_t *smbios_entries;
 static size_t smbios_entries_len;
+/* end: legacy structures & constants for <= 2.0 machines */
+
+
 static int smbios_type4_count = 0;
 static bool smbios_immutable;
 
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@ static void smbios_check_collision(int type, int entry)
     }
 }
 
+
+/* legacy setup functions for <= 2.0 machines */
 static void smbios_add_field(int type, int offset, const void *data, size_t len)
 {
     struct smbios_field *field;
@@ -256,8 +260,8 @@ static void smbios_build_type_1_fields(void)
     }
 }
 
-void smbios_set_type1_defaults(const char *manufacturer,
-                               const char *product, const char *version)
+void smbios_set_defaults(const char *manufacturer, const char *product,
+                         const char *version)
 {
     if (!type1.manufacturer) {
         type1.manufacturer = manufacturer;
@@ -270,7 +274,7 @@ void smbios_set_type1_defaults(const char *manufacturer,
     }
 }
 
-uint8_t *smbios_get_table(size_t *length)
+uint8_t *smbios_get_table_legacy(size_t *length)
 {
     if (!smbios_immutable) {
         smbios_build_type_0_fields();
@@ -281,6 +285,8 @@ uint8_t *smbios_get_table(size_t *length)
     *length = smbios_entries_len;
     return smbios_entries;
 }
+/* end: legacy setup functions for <= 2.0 machines */
+
 
 static void save_opt(const char **dest, QemuOpts *opts, const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/smbios.h b/include/hw/i386/smbios.h
index 18fb970643592d008a51402ba72d90ac65c81a08..f80819969635f19e44c1458cc3203e5c92226095 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/smbios.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/smbios.h
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 
 void smbios_entry_add(QemuOpts *opts);
-void smbios_set_type1_defaults(const char *manufacturer,
-                               const char *product, const char *version);
-uint8_t *smbios_get_table(size_t *length);
+void smbios_set_defaults(const char *manufacturer, const char *product,
+                         const char *version);
+uint8_t *smbios_get_table_legacy(size_t *length);
 
 /*
  * SMBIOS spec defined tables