diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 199744a833..9302e7db01 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -3210,7 +3210,7 @@
                                      '*telnet'  : 'bool' } }
 
 ##
-# @ChardevDgram:
+# @ChardevUdp:
 #
 # Configuration info for datagram socket chardevs.
 #
@@ -3219,8 +3219,8 @@
 #
 # Since: 1.5
 ##
-{ 'type': 'ChardevDgram', 'data': { 'remote' : 'SocketAddress',
-                                    '*local' : 'SocketAddress' } }
+{ 'type': 'ChardevUdp', 'data': { 'remote' : 'SocketAddress',
+                                  '*local' : 'SocketAddress' } }
 
 ##
 # @ChardevMux:
@@ -3310,7 +3310,7 @@
                                        'parallel': 'ChardevHostdev',
                                        'pipe'   : 'ChardevHostdev',
                                        'socket' : 'ChardevSocket',
-                                       'dgram'  : 'ChardevDgram',
+                                       'udp'    : 'ChardevUdp',
                                        'pty'    : 'ChardevDummy',
                                        'null'   : 'ChardevDummy',
                                        'mux'    : 'ChardevMux',
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index 30a2ddfb67..cff2896065 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -3698,12 +3698,12 @@ static CharDriverState *qmp_chardev_open_socket(ChardevSocket *sock,
                                    is_telnet, is_waitconnect, errp);
 }
 
-static CharDriverState *qmp_chardev_open_dgram(ChardevDgram *dgram,
-                                               Error **errp)
+static CharDriverState *qmp_chardev_open_udp(ChardevUdp *udp,
+                                             Error **errp)
 {
     int fd;
 
-    fd = socket_dgram(dgram->remote, dgram->local, errp);
+    fd = socket_dgram(udp->remote, udp->local, errp);
     if (error_is_set(errp)) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -3739,8 +3739,8 @@ ChardevReturn *qmp_chardev_add(const char *id, ChardevBackend *backend,
     case CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_SOCKET:
         chr = qmp_chardev_open_socket(backend->socket, errp);
         break;
-    case CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_DGRAM:
-        chr = qmp_chardev_open_dgram(backend->dgram, errp);
+    case CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_UDP:
+        chr = qmp_chardev_open_udp(backend->udp, errp);
         break;
 #ifdef HAVE_CHARDEV_TTY
     case CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_PTY: