diff --git a/hw/ppc/ppc.c b/hw/ppc/ppc.c
index 224184d66d..4477d4ad89 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/ppc.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/ppc.c
@@ -1359,19 +1359,19 @@ void PPC_debug_write (void *opaque, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val)
 }
 
 /* CPU device-tree ID helpers */
-int ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
+int ppc_get_vcpu_id(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
 {
-    return cpu->cpu_dt_id;
+    return cpu->vcpu_id;
 }
 
-PowerPCCPU *ppc_get_vcpu_by_dt_id(int cpu_dt_id)
+PowerPCCPU *ppc_get_cpu_by_vcpu_id(int vcpu_id)
 {
     CPUState *cs;
 
     CPU_FOREACH(cs) {
         PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
 
-        if (cpu->cpu_dt_id == cpu_dt_id) {
+        if (cpu->vcpu_id == vcpu_id) {
             return cpu;
         }
     }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index a0c5923776..f7a4c73e08 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int spapr_fixup_cpu_smt_dt(void *fdt, int offset, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
     int i, ret = 0;
     uint32_t servers_prop[smt_threads];
     uint32_t gservers_prop[smt_threads * 2];
-    int index = ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id(cpu);
+    int index = ppc_get_vcpu_id(cpu);
 
     if (cpu->compat_pvr) {
         ret = fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, offset, "cpu-version", cpu->compat_pvr);
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static int spapr_fixup_cpu_smt_dt(void *fdt, int offset, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
 
 static int spapr_fixup_cpu_numa_dt(void *fdt, int offset, PowerPCCPU *cpu)
 {
-    int index = ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id(cpu);
+    int index = ppc_get_vcpu_id(cpu);
     uint32_t associativity[] = {cpu_to_be32(0x5),
                                 cpu_to_be32(0x0),
                                 cpu_to_be32(0x0),
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static int spapr_fixup_cpu_dt(void *fdt, sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
         PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
         CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
         DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_GET_CLASS(cs);
-        int index = ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id(cpu);
+        int index = ppc_get_vcpu_id(cpu);
         int compat_smt = MIN(smp_threads, ppc_compat_max_threads(cpu));
 
         if ((index % smt) != 0) {
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static void spapr_populate_cpu_dt(CPUState *cs, void *fdt, int offset,
     PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
     CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
     PowerPCCPUClass *pcc = POWERPC_CPU_GET_CLASS(cs);
-    int index = ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id(cpu);
+    int index = ppc_get_vcpu_id(cpu);
     uint32_t segs[] = {cpu_to_be32(28), cpu_to_be32(40),
                        0xffffffff, 0xffffffff};
     uint32_t tbfreq = kvm_enabled() ? kvmppc_get_tbfreq()
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static void spapr_populate_cpus_dt_node(void *fdt, sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
      */
     CPU_FOREACH_REVERSE(cs) {
         PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
-        int index = ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id(cpu);
+        int index = ppc_get_vcpu_id(cpu);
         DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_GET_CLASS(cs);
         int offset;
 
@@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ static void *spapr_populate_hotplug_cpu_dt(CPUState *cs, int *fdt_offset,
 {
     PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_GET_CLASS(cs);
-    int id = ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id(cpu);
+    int id = ppc_get_vcpu_id(cpu);
     void *fdt;
     int offset, fdt_size;
     char *nodename;
@@ -3433,9 +3433,9 @@ static void spapr_ics_resend(XICSFabric *dev)
     ics_resend(spapr->ics);
 }
 
-static ICPState *spapr_icp_get(XICSFabric *xi, int cpu_dt_id)
+static ICPState *spapr_icp_get(XICSFabric *xi, int vcpu_id)
 {
-    PowerPCCPU *cpu = ppc_get_vcpu_by_dt_id(cpu_dt_id);
+    PowerPCCPU *cpu = ppc_get_cpu_by_vcpu_id(vcpu_id);
 
     return cpu ? ICP(cpu->intc) : NULL;
 }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c
index 07b3da8dc4..4ca233854a 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ static target_ulong h_register_vpa(PowerPCCPU *cpu, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
     CPUPPCState *tenv;
     PowerPCCPU *tcpu;
 
-    tcpu = ppc_get_vcpu_by_dt_id(procno);
+    tcpu = ppc_get_cpu_by_vcpu_id(procno);
     if (!tcpu) {
         return H_PARAMETER;
     }
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ static target_ulong h_signal_sys_reset(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
 
     } else {
         /* Unicast */
-        cs = CPU(ppc_get_vcpu_by_dt_id(target));
+        cs = CPU(ppc_get_cpu_by_vcpu_id(target));
         if (cs) {
             run_on_cpu(cs, spapr_do_system_reset_on_cpu, RUN_ON_CPU_NULL);
             return H_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
index 94a2799b99..626c06b375 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static void rtas_query_cpu_stopped_state(PowerPCCPU *cpu_,
     }
 
     id = rtas_ld(args, 0);
-    cpu = ppc_get_vcpu_by_dt_id(id);
+    cpu = ppc_get_cpu_by_vcpu_id(id);
     if (cpu != NULL) {
         if (CPU(cpu)->halted) {
             rtas_st(rets, 1, 0);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static void rtas_start_cpu(PowerPCCPU *cpu_, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
     start = rtas_ld(args, 1);
     r3 = rtas_ld(args, 2);
 
-    cpu = ppc_get_vcpu_by_dt_id(id);
+    cpu = ppc_get_cpu_by_vcpu_id(id);
     if (cpu != NULL) {
         CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
         CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.h b/target/ppc/cpu.h
index 12f09492fb..687e66acde 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu.h
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu.h
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ typedef struct PPCVirtualHypervisorClass PPCVirtualHypervisorClass;
 /**
  * PowerPCCPU:
  * @env: #CPUPPCState
- * @cpu_dt_id: CPU index used in the device tree. KVM uses this index too
+ * @vcpu_id: vCPU identifier given to KVM
  * @compat_pvr: Current logical PVR, zero if in "raw" mode
  *
  * A PowerPC CPU.
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ struct PowerPCCPU {
     /*< public >*/
 
     CPUPPCState env;
-    int cpu_dt_id;
+    int vcpu_id;
     uint32_t compat_pvr;
     PPCVirtualHypervisor *vhyp;
     Object *intc;
@@ -2515,22 +2515,22 @@ static inline bool lsw_reg_in_range(int start, int nregs, int rx)
 void dump_mmu(FILE *f, fprintf_function cpu_fprintf, CPUPPCState *env);
 
 /**
- * ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id:
+ * ppc_get_vcpu_id:
  * @cs: a PowerPCCPU struct.
  *
  * Returns a device-tree ID for a CPU.
  */
-int ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id(PowerPCCPU *cpu);
+int ppc_get_vcpu_id(PowerPCCPU *cpu);
 
 /**
- * ppc_get_vcpu_by_dt_id:
- * @cpu_dt_id: a device tree id
+ * ppc_get_cpu_by_vcpu_id:
+ * @vcpu_id: a VCPU ID
  *
- * Searches for a CPU by @cpu_dt_id.
+ * Searches for a CPU by @vcpu_id.
  *
  * Returns: a PowerPCCPU struct
  */
-PowerPCCPU *ppc_get_vcpu_by_dt_id(int cpu_dt_id);
+PowerPCCPU *ppc_get_cpu_by_vcpu_id(int vcpu_id);
 
 void ppc_maybe_bswap_register(CPUPPCState *env, uint8_t *mem_buf, int len);
 #endif /* PPC_CPU_H */
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
index f31c67e1b1..1142d5c970 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ bool kvmppc_is_mem_backend_page_size_ok(const char *obj_path)
 
 unsigned long kvm_arch_vcpu_id(CPUState *cpu)
 {
-    return ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id(POWERPC_CPU(cpu));
+    return ppc_get_vcpu_id(POWERPC_CPU(cpu));
 }
 
 /* e500 supports 2 h/w breakpoint and 2 watchpoint.
diff --git a/target/ppc/translate_init.c b/target/ppc/translate_init.c
index 43be9a8331..1586e28055 100644
--- a/target/ppc/translate_init.c
+++ b/target/ppc/translate_init.c
@@ -9838,14 +9838,14 @@ static void ppc_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     }
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
-    cpu->cpu_dt_id = (cs->cpu_index / smp_threads) * max_smt
+    cpu->vcpu_id = (cs->cpu_index / smp_threads) * max_smt
         + (cs->cpu_index % smp_threads);
 
-    if (kvm_enabled() && !kvm_vcpu_id_is_valid(cpu->cpu_dt_id)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Can't create CPU with id %d in KVM", cpu->cpu_dt_id);
+    if (kvm_enabled() && !kvm_vcpu_id_is_valid(cpu->vcpu_id)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Can't create CPU with id %d in KVM", cpu->vcpu_id);
         error_append_hint(errp, "Adjust the number of cpus to %d "
                           "or try to raise the number of threads per core\n",
-                          cpu->cpu_dt_id * smp_threads / max_smt);
+                          cpu->vcpu_id * smp_threads / max_smt);
         goto unrealize;
     }
 #endif