diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 909975750c..f2b8dc445d 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -3070,9 +3070,9 @@ virSysinfoSystemDefFree;
 
 # util/virsysinfopriv.h
 virSysinfoReadARM;
+virSysinfoReadDMI;
 virSysinfoReadPPC;
 virSysinfoReadS390;
-virSysinfoReadX86;
 
 
 # util/virsystemd.h
diff --git a/src/util/virsysinfo.c b/src/util/virsysinfo.c
index 6c3adc23ab..b371e8dd26 100644
--- a/src/util/virsysinfo.c
+++ b/src/util/virsysinfo.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ virSysinfoParseX86Memory(const char *base, virSysinfoDefPtr ret)
 }
 
 virSysinfoDefPtr
-virSysinfoReadX86(void)
+virSysinfoReadDMI(void)
 {
     char *path;
     virSysinfoDefPtr ret = NULL;
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ virSysinfoRead(void)
     (defined(__x86_64__) || \
      defined(__i386__) || \
      defined(__amd64__))
-    return virSysinfoReadX86();
+    return virSysinfoReadDMI();
 #else /* WIN32 || not supported arch */
     /*
      * this can probably be extracted from Windows using API or registry
diff --git a/src/util/virsysinfopriv.h b/src/util/virsysinfopriv.h
index 3ef675441e..b7beb44807 100644
--- a/src/util/virsysinfopriv.h
+++ b/src/util/virsysinfopriv.h
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ virSysinfoDefPtr
 virSysinfoReadS390(void);
 
 virSysinfoDefPtr
-virSysinfoReadX86(void);
+virSysinfoReadDMI(void);
 
 #endif /* LIBVIRT_VIRSYSINFOPRIV_H */
diff --git a/tests/sysinfotest.c b/tests/sysinfotest.c
index c7561492e3..6c84582110 100644
--- a/tests/sysinfotest.c
+++ b/tests/sysinfotest.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ mymain(void)
     TEST("s390", virSysinfoReadS390);
     TEST("s390-freq", virSysinfoReadS390);
     TEST("ppc", virSysinfoReadPPC);
-    TEST_FULL("x86", virSysinfoReadX86, "/sysinfodata/x86dmidecode.sh");
+    TEST_FULL("x86", virSysinfoReadDMI, "/sysinfodata/x86dmidecode.sh");
     TEST("arm", virSysinfoReadARM);
     TEST("arm-rpi2", virSysinfoReadARM);
     TEST("aarch64", virSysinfoReadARM);