diff --git a/include/sysemu/qtest.h b/include/sysemu/qtest.h
index cd114b8d80..5ed09c80b1 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/qtest.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/qtest.h
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ static inline bool qtest_enabled(void)
 
 bool qtest_driver(void);
 
-void qtest_init(const char *qtest_chrdev, const char *qtest_log, Error **errp);
+void qtest_server_init(const char *qtest_chrdev, const char *qtest_log, Error **errp);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/qtest.c b/qtest.c
index 15e27e911f..c9681dbdf3 100644
--- a/qtest.c
+++ b/qtest.c
@@ -748,8 +748,7 @@ static void qtest_event(void *opaque, int event)
         break;
     }
 }
-
-void qtest_init(const char *qtest_chrdev, const char *qtest_log, Error **errp)
+void qtest_server_init(const char *qtest_chrdev, const char *qtest_log, Error **errp)
 {
     Chardev *chr;
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index b426b32134..130a389712 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4197,7 +4197,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     migration_object_init();
 
     if (qtest_chrdev) {
-        qtest_init(qtest_chrdev, qtest_log, &error_fatal);
+        qtest_server_init(qtest_chrdev, qtest_log, &error_fatal);
     }
 
     machine_opts = qemu_get_machine_opts();