diff --git a/migration/multifd.c b/migration/multifd.c
index 9282ab6aa4..684c014c86 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.c
+++ b/migration/multifd.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int multifd_send_pages(QEMUFile *f)
     p->pages = pages;
     transferred = ((uint64_t) pages->num) * qemu_target_page_size()
                 + p->packet_len;
-    qemu_file_update_transfer(f, transferred);
+    qemu_file_acct_rate_limit(f, transferred);
     ram_counters.multifd_bytes += transferred;
     ram_counters.transferred += transferred;
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ int multifd_send_sync_main(QEMUFile *f)
         p->packet_num = multifd_send_state->packet_num++;
         p->flags |= MULTIFD_FLAG_SYNC;
         p->pending_job++;
-        qemu_file_update_transfer(f, p->packet_len);
+        qemu_file_acct_rate_limit(f, p->packet_len);
         ram_counters.multifd_bytes += p->packet_len;
         ram_counters.transferred += p->packet_len;
         qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.c b/migration/qemu-file.c
index f73b010d39..7fe0d9fa30 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ void qemu_file_reset_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f)
     f->rate_limit_used = 0;
 }
 
-void qemu_file_update_transfer(QEMUFile *f, int64_t len)
+void qemu_file_acct_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f, int64_t len)
 {
     f->rate_limit_used += len;
 }
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.h b/migration/qemu-file.h
index d96f5f7118..901f2cf697 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.h
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.h
@@ -188,7 +188,14 @@ void qemu_file_skip(QEMUFile *f, int size);
  */
 void qemu_file_credit_transfer(QEMUFile *f, size_t size);
 void qemu_file_reset_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f);
-void qemu_file_update_transfer(QEMUFile *f, int64_t len);
+/*
+ * qemu_file_acct_rate_limit:
+ *
+ * Report on a number of bytes the have been transferred
+ * out of band from the main file object I/O methods, and
+ * need to be applied to the rate limiting calcuations
+ */
+void qemu_file_acct_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f, int64_t len);
 void qemu_file_set_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f, int64_t new_rate);
 int64_t qemu_file_get_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f);
 int qemu_file_get_error_obj(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp);