diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index 12c1ba5ef7..c089e38120 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,7 @@ static void get_disk_deps(const char *disk_dir, GuestDiskInfo *disk)
         g_debug("failed to list entries in %s", deps_dir);
         return;
     }
+    disk->has_dependencies = true;
     while ((dep = g_dir_read_name(dp_deps)) != NULL) {
         g_autofree char *dep_dir = NULL;
         strList *dep_item = NULL;
@@ -1297,8 +1298,8 @@ static void get_disk_deps(const char *disk_dir, GuestDiskInfo *disk)
             g_debug("  adding dependent device: %s", dev_name);
             dep_item = g_new0(strList, 1);
             dep_item->value = dev_name;
-            dep_item->next = disk->dependents;
-            disk->dependents = dep_item;
+            dep_item->next = disk->dependencies;
+            disk->dependencies = dep_item;
         }
     }
     g_dir_close(dp_deps);
@@ -1351,8 +1352,9 @@ static GuestDiskInfoList *get_disk_partitions(
         partition->name = dev_name;
         partition->partition = true;
         /* Add parent disk as dependent for easier tracking of hierarchy */
-        partition->dependents = g_new0(strList, 1);
-        partition->dependents->value = g_strdup(disk_dev);
+        partition->dependencies = g_new0(strList, 1);
+        partition->dependencies->value = g_strdup(disk_dev);
+        partition->has_dependencies = true;
 
         item = g_new0(GuestDiskInfoList, 1);
         item->value = partition;
diff --git a/qga/qapi-schema.json b/qga/qapi-schema.json
index 6ca85f995f..3b3d1d0bd9 100644
--- a/qga/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qga/qapi-schema.json
@@ -870,9 +870,9 @@
 #
 # @name: device node (Linux) or device UNC (Windows)
 # @partition: whether this is a partition or disk
-# @dependents: list of dependent devices; e.g. for LVs of the LVM this will
-#              hold the list of PVs, for LUKS encrypted volume this will
-#              contain the disk where the volume is placed.     (Linux)
+# @dependencies: list of device dependencies; e.g. for LVs of the LVM this will
+#                hold the list of PVs, for LUKS encrypted volume this will
+#                contain the disk where the volume is placed.     (Linux)
 # @address: disk address information (only for non-virtual devices)
 # @alias: optional alias assigned to the disk, on Linux this is a name assigned
 #         by device mapper
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@
 # Since 5.2
 ##
 { 'struct': 'GuestDiskInfo',
-  'data': {'name': 'str', 'partition': 'bool', 'dependents': ['str'],
+  'data': {'name': 'str', 'partition': 'bool', '*dependencies': ['str'],
            '*address': 'GuestDiskAddress', '*alias': 'str'} }
 
 ##