diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index c6200b924e..ff82f1017d 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -826,7 +826,13 @@ static int is_my_primary(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static DeviceState *virtio_net_find_primary(VirtIONet *n, Error **errp)
+/**
+ * Find the primary device for this failover virtio-net
+ *
+ * @n: VirtIONet device
+ * @errp: returns an error if this function fails
+ */
+static DeviceState *failover_find_primary_device(VirtIONet *n, Error **errp)
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
 
@@ -891,7 +897,7 @@ static void virtio_net_set_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t features)
         qatomic_set(&n->failover_primary_hidden, false);
         failover_add_primary(n, &err);
         if (err) {
-            n->primary_dev = virtio_net_find_primary(n, &err);
+            n->primary_dev = failover_find_primary_device(n, &err);
             if (err) {
                 goto out_err;
             }
@@ -3115,7 +3121,7 @@ static void virtio_net_handle_migration_primary(VirtIONet *n,
     should_be_hidden = qatomic_read(&n->failover_primary_hidden);
 
     if (!n->primary_dev) {
-        n->primary_dev = virtio_net_find_primary(n, &err);
+        n->primary_dev = failover_find_primary_device(n, &err);
         if (!n->primary_dev) {
             return;
         }