diff --git a/include/sysemu/numa.h b/include/sysemu/numa.h
index 453b49af06..5633b856a8 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/numa.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/numa.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ typedef struct node_info {
 } NodeInfo;
 extern NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
 void parse_numa_opts(void);
-void set_numa_modes(void);
+void numa_post_machine_init(void);
 void query_numa_node_mem(uint64_t node_mem[]);
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_numa_opts;
 
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index d5b95e1a0a..0d15375dfd 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void parse_numa_opts(void)
     }
 }
 
-void set_numa_modes(void)
+void numa_post_machine_init(void)
 {
     CPUState *cpu;
     int i;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index a71f015694..b5795df40d 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4216,7 +4216,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     cpu_synchronize_all_post_init();
 
-    set_numa_modes();
+    numa_post_machine_init();
 
     /* init USB devices */
     if (usb_enabled()) {