diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 8202f27167..7b4508295c 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ void bdrv_set_dev_ops(BlockDriverState *bs, const BlockDevOps *ops,
 }
 
 void bdrv_emit_qmp_error_event(const BlockDriverState *bdrv,
-                               BlockQMPEventAction action, int is_read)
+                               BlockErrorAction action, int is_read)
 {
     QObject *data;
     const char *action_str;
@@ -2474,14 +2474,14 @@ void bdrv_set_io_limits(BlockDriverState *bs,
     bs->io_limits_enabled = bdrv_io_limits_enabled(bs);
 }
 
-void bdrv_set_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockErrorAction on_read_error,
-                       BlockErrorAction on_write_error)
+void bdrv_set_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockdevOnError on_read_error,
+                       BlockdevOnError on_write_error)
 {
     bs->on_read_error = on_read_error;
     bs->on_write_error = on_write_error;
 }
 
-BlockErrorAction bdrv_get_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, int is_read)
+BlockdevOnError bdrv_get_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, int is_read)
 {
     return is_read ? bs->on_read_error : bs->on_write_error;
 }
diff --git a/block.h b/block.h
index bd002d573e..038621f426 100644
--- a/block.h
+++ b/block.h
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ typedef struct BlockDevOps {
 typedef enum {
     BLOCK_ERR_REPORT, BLOCK_ERR_IGNORE, BLOCK_ERR_STOP_ENOSPC,
     BLOCK_ERR_STOP_ANY
-} BlockErrorAction;
+} BlockdevOnError;
 
 typedef enum {
     BDRV_ACTION_REPORT, BDRV_ACTION_IGNORE, BDRV_ACTION_STOP
-} BlockQMPEventAction;
+} BlockErrorAction;
 
 typedef QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(BlockReopenQueue, BlockReopenQueueEntry) BlockReopenQueue;
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void bdrv_iostatus_disable(BlockDriverState *bs);
 bool bdrv_iostatus_is_enabled(const BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_iostatus_set_err(BlockDriverState *bs, int error);
 void bdrv_emit_qmp_error_event(const BlockDriverState *bdrv,
-                               BlockQMPEventAction action, int is_read);
+                               BlockErrorAction action, int is_read);
 void bdrv_info_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data);
 void bdrv_info(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data);
 void bdrv_stats_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data);
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ int bdrv_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_is_allocated(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
                       int *pnum);
 
-void bdrv_set_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockErrorAction on_read_error,
-                       BlockErrorAction on_write_error);
-BlockErrorAction bdrv_get_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, int is_read);
+void bdrv_set_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockdevOnError on_read_error,
+                       BlockdevOnError on_write_error);
+BlockdevOnError bdrv_get_on_error(BlockDriverState *bs, int is_read);
 int bdrv_is_read_only(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_is_sg(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_enable_write_cache(BlockDriverState *bs);
diff --git a/block_int.h b/block_int.h
index 61dc73b0e4..b98c770b96 100644
--- a/block_int.h
+++ b/block_int.h
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
 
     /* NOTE: the following infos are only hints for real hardware
        drivers. They are not used by the block driver */
-    BlockErrorAction on_read_error, on_write_error;
+    BlockdevOnError on_read_error, on_write_error;
     bool iostatus_enabled;
     BlockDeviceIoStatus iostatus;
     char device_name[32];
diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index d6fb69c634..57b9fa458d 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ void ide_dma_error(IDEState *s)
 static int ide_handle_rw_error(IDEState *s, int error, int op)
 {
     int is_read = (op & BM_STATUS_RETRY_READ);
-    BlockErrorAction action = bdrv_get_on_error(s->bs, is_read);
+    BlockdevOnError action = bdrv_get_on_error(s->bs, is_read);
 
     if (action == BLOCK_ERR_IGNORE) {
         bdrv_emit_qmp_error_event(s->bs, BDRV_ACTION_IGNORE, is_read);
diff --git a/hw/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi-disk.c
index 95e91585e6..fef83a3606 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-disk.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static int scsi_handle_rw_error(SCSIDiskReq *r, int error)
 {
     int is_read = (r->req.cmd.xfer == SCSI_XFER_FROM_DEV);
     SCSIDiskState *s = DO_UPCAST(SCSIDiskState, qdev, r->req.dev);
-    BlockErrorAction action = bdrv_get_on_error(s->qdev.conf.bs, is_read);
+    BlockdevOnError action = bdrv_get_on_error(s->qdev.conf.bs, is_read);
 
     if (action == BLOCK_ERR_IGNORE) {
         bdrv_emit_qmp_error_event(s->qdev.conf.bs, BDRV_ACTION_IGNORE, is_read);
diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index 6f6d172fd0..01e537dc9b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static void virtio_blk_req_complete(VirtIOBlockReq *req, int status)
 static int virtio_blk_handle_rw_error(VirtIOBlockReq *req, int error,
     int is_read)
 {
-    BlockErrorAction action = bdrv_get_on_error(req->dev->bs, is_read);
+    BlockdevOnError action = bdrv_get_on_error(req->dev->bs, is_read);
     VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
 
     if (action == BLOCK_ERR_IGNORE) {