diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-synth.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-synth.c
similarity index 99%
rename from hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-synth.c
rename to hw/9pfs/9p-synth.c
index a0ab9a86a9..6d34b89eef 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-synth.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-synth.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "virtio-9p.h"
 #include "virtio-9p-xattr.h"
 #include "fsdev/qemu-fsdev.h"
-#include "virtio-9p-synth.h"
+#include "9p-synth.h"
 #include "qemu/rcu.h"
 #include "qemu/rcu_queue.h"
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-synth.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-synth.h
similarity index 94%
rename from hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-synth.h
rename to hw/9pfs/9p-synth.h
index ab05a8e78c..eaf5a0c293 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-synth.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-synth.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Virtio 9p
+ * 9p
  *
  * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
  *
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
  * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
  *
  */
-#ifndef HW_9PFS_VIRTIO9P_SYNTH_H
-#define HW_9PFS_VIRTIO9P_SYNTH_H 1
+#ifndef HW_9PFS_SYNTH_H
+#define HW_9PFS_SYNTH_H 1
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs b/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs
index cd5d146a24..ba62571d57 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ common-obj-y  = virtio-9p.o
 common-obj-y += 9p-local.o virtio-9p-xattr.o
 common-obj-y += virtio-9p-xattr-user.o 9p-posix-acl.o
 common-obj-y += coth.o cofs.o codir.o cofile.o
-common-obj-y += coxattr.o virtio-9p-synth.o
+common-obj-y += coxattr.o 9p-synth.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_OPEN_BY_HANDLE) +=  9p-handle.o
 common-obj-y += 9p-proxy.o