diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.c b/migration/qemu-file.c
index acc282654a..fdf115b5da 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ int coroutine_mixed_fn qemu_get_byte(QEMUFile *f)
     return result;
 }
 
-uint64_t qemu_file_transferred_fast(QEMUFile *f)
+uint64_t qemu_file_transferred_noflush(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     uint64_t ret = f->total_transferred;
     int i;
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.h b/migration/qemu-file.h
index e649718492..aa6eee66da 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.h
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.h
@@ -86,16 +86,15 @@ int qemu_fclose(QEMUFile *f);
 uint64_t qemu_file_transferred(QEMUFile *f);
 
 /*
- * qemu_file_transferred_fast:
+ * qemu_file_transferred_noflush:
  *
- * As qemu_file_transferred except for writable
- * files, where no flush is performed and the reported
- * amount will include the size of any queued buffers,
- * on top of the amount actually transferred.
+ * As qemu_file_transferred except for writable files, where no flush
+ * is performed and the reported amount will include the size of any
+ * queued buffers, on top of the amount actually transferred.
  *
  * Returns: the total bytes transferred and queued
  */
-uint64_t qemu_file_transferred_fast(QEMUFile *f);
+uint64_t qemu_file_transferred_noflush(QEMUFile *f);
 
 /*
  * put_buffer without copying the buffer.
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 51e40e3a0b..0b2583a205 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -927,9 +927,9 @@ static int vmstate_load(QEMUFile *f, SaveStateEntry *se)
 static void vmstate_save_old_style(QEMUFile *f, SaveStateEntry *se,
                                    JSONWriter *vmdesc)
 {
-    uint64_t old_offset = qemu_file_transferred_fast(f);
+    uint64_t old_offset = qemu_file_transferred_noflush(f);
     se->ops->save_state(f, se->opaque);
-    uint64_t size = qemu_file_transferred_fast(f) - old_offset;
+    uint64_t size = qemu_file_transferred_noflush(f) - old_offset;
 
     if (vmdesc) {
         json_writer_int64(vmdesc, "size", size);
diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c
index af01d54b6f..31842c3afb 100644
--- a/migration/vmstate.c
+++ b/migration/vmstate.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ int vmstate_save_state_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
                 void *curr_elem = first_elem + size * i;
 
                 vmsd_desc_field_start(vmsd, vmdesc_loop, field, i, n_elems);
-                old_offset = qemu_file_transferred_fast(f);
+                old_offset = qemu_file_transferred_noflush(f);
                 if (field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER) {
                     assert(curr_elem);
                     curr_elem = *(void **)curr_elem;
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ int vmstate_save_state_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
                     return ret;
                 }
 
-                written_bytes = qemu_file_transferred_fast(f) - old_offset;
+                written_bytes = qemu_file_transferred_noflush(f) - old_offset;
                 vmsd_desc_field_end(vmsd, vmdesc_loop, field, written_bytes, i);
 
                 /* Compressed arrays only care about the first element */