diff --git a/hw/acpi/generic_event_device.c b/hw/acpi/generic_event_device.c
index b1cbdd86b6..1cb34111e5 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/generic_event_device.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/generic_event_device.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void build_ged_aml(Aml *table, const char *name, HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
 }
 
 /* Memory read by the GED _EVT AML dynamic method */
-static uint64_t ged_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned size)
+static uint64_t ged_evt_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned size)
 {
     uint64_t val = 0;
     GEDState *ged_st = opaque;
@@ -161,14 +161,14 @@ static uint64_t ged_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned size)
 }
 
 /* Nothing is expected to be written to the GED memory region */
-static void ged_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
-                      unsigned int size)
+static void ged_evt_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
+                          unsigned int size)
 {
 }
 
-static const MemoryRegionOps ged_ops = {
-    .read = ged_read,
-    .write = ged_write,
+static const MemoryRegionOps ged_evt_ops = {
+    .read = ged_evt_read,
+    .write = ged_evt_write,
     .endianness = DEVICE_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
     .valid = {
         .min_access_size = 4,
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ static void acpi_ged_initfn(Object *obj)
     SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(obj);
     GEDState *ged_st = &s->ged_state;
 
-    memory_region_init_io(&ged_st->io, obj, &ged_ops, ged_st,
+    memory_region_init_io(&ged_st->evt, obj, &ged_evt_ops, ged_st,
                           TYPE_ACPI_GED, ACPI_GED_EVT_SEL_LEN);
-    sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &ged_st->io);
+    sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &ged_st->evt);
 
     sysbus_init_irq(sbd, &s->irq);
 
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/generic_event_device.h b/include/hw/acpi/generic_event_device.h
index 83917de024..90a9180db5 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/generic_event_device.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/generic_event_device.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 #define ACPI_GED_NVDIMM_HOTPLUG_EVT 0x4
 
 typedef struct GEDState {
-    MemoryRegion io;
+    MemoryRegion evt;
     uint32_t     sel;
 } GEDState;