diff --git a/chardev/char-serial.c b/chardev/char-serial.c
index 094e08dca51d7eb2e688dde72de465ffde980f6c..fef3a91c7747b4c09ac3008678261b09bc5f5dbf 100644
--- a/chardev/char-serial.c
+++ b/chardev/char-serial.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static void qmp_chardev_open_serial(Chardev *chr,
 {
     ChardevHostdev *serial = backend->u.serial.data;
 
-    win_chr_init(chr, serial->device, errp);
+    win_chr_serial_init(chr, serial->device, errp);
 }
 
 #elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__sun__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)      \
diff --git a/chardev/char-win.c b/chardev/char-win.c
index 5e7daeeae184e185fb215ecffede4064339afff0..11abad15216e730d7c20fb2e3544b634b075e967 100644
--- a/chardev/char-win.c
+++ b/chardev/char-win.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void win_chr_read(Chardev *chr, DWORD len)
     }
 }
 
-static int win_chr_poll(void *opaque)
+static int win_chr_serial_poll(void *opaque)
 {
     Chardev *chr = CHARDEV(opaque);
     WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(opaque);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int win_chr_poll(void *opaque)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int win_chr_init(Chardev *chr, const char *filename, Error **errp)
+int win_chr_serial_init(Chardev *chr, const char *filename, Error **errp)
 {
     WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
     COMMCONFIG comcfg;
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ int win_chr_init(Chardev *chr, const char *filename, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, "Failed ClearCommError");
         goto fail;
     }
-    qemu_add_polling_cb(win_chr_poll, chr);
+    qemu_add_polling_cb(win_chr_serial_poll, chr);
     return 0;
 
  fail:
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static void char_win_finalize(Object *obj)
     if (s->fpipe) {
         qemu_del_polling_cb(win_chr_pipe_poll, chr);
     } else {
-        qemu_del_polling_cb(win_chr_poll, chr);
+        qemu_del_polling_cb(win_chr_serial_poll, chr);
     }
 
     qemu_chr_be_event(chr, CHR_EVENT_CLOSED);
diff --git a/chardev/char-win.h b/chardev/char-win.h
index 70215e04c23bc5ad83f25f4494a792fdc3b21622..e0b3839a77afd1ac07a3ec62421b76529344ea52 100644
--- a/chardev/char-win.h
+++ b/chardev/char-win.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #define WIN_CHARDEV(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(WinChardev, (obj), TYPE_CHARDEV_WIN)
 
 void qemu_chr_open_win_file(Chardev *chr, HANDLE fd_out);
-int win_chr_init(Chardev *chr, const char *filename, Error **errp);
+int win_chr_serial_init(Chardev *chr, const char *filename, Error **errp);
 int win_chr_pipe_poll(void *opaque);
 
 #endif /* CHAR_WIN_H */