diff --git a/device_tree.c b/device_tree.c
index ec8e776476..ca83504819 100644
--- a/device_tree.c
+++ b/device_tree.c
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ static int findnode_nofail(void *fdt, const char *node_path)
 }
 
 int qemu_fdt_setprop(void *fdt, const char *node_path,
-                     const char *property, const void *val_array, int size)
+                     const char *property, const void *val, int size)
 {
     int r;
 
-    r = fdt_setprop(fdt, findnode_nofail(fdt, node_path), property, val_array, size);
+    r = fdt_setprop(fdt, findnode_nofail(fdt, node_path), property, val, size);
     if (r < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: Couldn't set %s/%s: %s\n", __func__, node_path,
                 property, fdt_strerror(r));
diff --git a/include/sysemu/device_tree.h b/include/sysemu/device_tree.h
index 68da97a3b4..899f05c138 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/device_tree.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/device_tree.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void *create_device_tree(int *sizep);
 void *load_device_tree(const char *filename_path, int *sizep);
 
 int qemu_fdt_setprop(void *fdt, const char *node_path,
-                     const char *property, const void *val_array, int size);
+                     const char *property, const void *val, int size);
 int qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(void *fdt, const char *node_path,
                           const char *property, uint32_t val);
 int qemu_fdt_setprop_u64(void *fdt, const char *node_path,