diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index c439975139..5cb0f05068 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void qemu_savevm_state_begin(QEMUFile *f,
 void qemu_savevm_state_header(QEMUFile *f);
 int qemu_savevm_state_iterate(QEMUFile *f);
 void qemu_savevm_state_complete(QEMUFile *f);
-void qemu_savevm_state_cancel(void);
+void qemu_savevm_state_cleanup(void);
 uint64_t qemu_savevm_state_pending(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t max_size);
 int qemu_loadvm_state(QEMUFile *f);
 
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index d5a7304e76..f99d3eabf7 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ static void *migration_thread(void *opaque)
     end_time = qemu_clock_get_ms(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME);
 
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    qemu_savevm_state_cancel();
+    qemu_savevm_state_cleanup();
     if (s->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_COMPLETED) {
         uint64_t transferred_bytes = qemu_ftell(s->file);
         s->total_time = end_time - s->total_time;
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index dbcc39a617..ae8fdda875 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -902,11 +902,11 @@ uint64_t qemu_savevm_state_pending(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t max_size)
     return ret;
 }
 
-void qemu_savevm_state_cancel(void)
+void qemu_savevm_state_cleanup(void)
 {
     SaveStateEntry *se;
 
-    trace_savevm_state_cancel();
+    trace_savevm_state_cleanup();
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(se, &savevm_state.handlers, entry) {
         if (se->ops && se->ops->cancel) {
             se->ops->cancel(se->opaque);
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ static int qemu_savevm_state(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
         ret = qemu_file_get_error(f);
     }
     if (ret != 0) {
-        qemu_savevm_state_cancel();
+        qemu_savevm_state_cleanup();
         error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Error while writing VM state");
     }
     return ret;
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index 72136b9846..17fbddf1ec 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ savevm_state_begin(void) ""
 savevm_state_header(void) ""
 savevm_state_iterate(void) ""
 savevm_state_complete(void) ""
-savevm_state_cancel(void) ""
+savevm_state_cleanup(void) ""
 vmstate_save(const char *idstr, const char *vmsd_name) "%s, %s"
 vmstate_load(const char *idstr, const char *vmsd_name) "%s, %s"
 qemu_announce_self_iter(const char *mac) "%s"