diff --git a/os-posix.c b/os-posix.c
index 914a4d1d4e..948f662e91 100644
--- a/os-posix.c
+++ b/os-posix.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "config-host.h"
 #include "sysemu.h"
 
-void os_setup_signal_handling(void)
+void os_setup_early_signal_handling(void)
 {
     struct sigaction act;
     sigfillset(&act.sa_mask);
diff --git a/os-win32.c b/os-win32.c
index dfa90bce6a..a936f7ad22 100644
--- a/os-win32.c
+++ b/os-win32.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static BOOL WINAPI qemu_ctrl_handler(DWORD type)
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-void os_setup_signal_handling(void)
+void os_setup_early_signal_handling(void)
 {
     /* Note: cpu_interrupt() is currently not SMP safe, so we force
        QEMU to run on a single CPU */
diff --git a/sysemu.h b/sysemu.h
index e3643ada2d..bb05cf40a5 100644
--- a/sysemu.h
+++ b/sysemu.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int qemu_loadvm_state(QEMUFile *f);
 /* SLIRP */
 void do_info_slirp(Monitor *mon);
 
-void os_setup_signal_handling(void);
+void os_setup_early_signal_handling(void);
 
 typedef enum DisplayType
 {
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 8638c62ab2..4fcedbfeb7 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     qemu_cache_utils_init(envp);
 
     QLIST_INIT (&vm_change_state_head);
-    os_setup_signal_handling();
+    os_setup_early_signal_handling();
 
     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_MACHINE);
     machine = find_default_machine();