diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 400e900325..aefc7a4f15 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -27880,14 +27880,14 @@ virDomainDefHasMemballoon(const virDomainDef *def)
 #define VIR_DOMAIN_SHORT_NAME_MAX 20
 
 /**
- * virDomainObjGetShortName:
+ * virDomainDefGetShortName:
  * @vm: Machine for which to get a name
  * @unique: Make sure the name is unique (use id as well)
  *
  * Shorten domain name to avoid possible path length limitations.
  */
 char *
-virDomainObjGetShortName(const virDomainDef *def)
+virDomainDefGetShortName(const virDomainDef *def)
 {
     wchar_t wshortname[VIR_DOMAIN_SHORT_NAME_MAX + 1] = {0};
     size_t len = 0;
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index be38792c69..e3f060b122 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -3375,7 +3375,7 @@ int virDomainDefGetVcpuPinInfoHelper(virDomainDefPtr def,
 
 bool virDomainDefHasMemballoon(const virDomainDef *def) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 
-char *virDomainObjGetShortName(const virDomainDef *def) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
+char *virDomainDefGetShortName(const virDomainDef *def) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 
 int
 virDomainGetBlkioParametersAssignFromDef(virDomainDefPtr def,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 36cd5b55b2..61644463ce 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ virDomainDefGetMemoryInitial;
 virDomainDefGetMemoryTotal;
 virDomainDefGetOnlineVcpumap;
 virDomainDefGetSecurityLabelDef;
+virDomainDefGetShortName;
 virDomainDefGetVcpu;
 virDomainDefGetVcpuPinInfoHelper;
 virDomainDefGetVcpus;
@@ -460,7 +461,6 @@ virDomainObjGetMetadata;
 virDomainObjGetOneDef;
 virDomainObjGetOneDefState;
 virDomainObjGetPersistentDef;
-virDomainObjGetShortName;
 virDomainObjGetState;
 virDomainObjNew;
 virDomainObjParseNode;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index 11b01598f2..124d5b77d9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@ qemuGetDomainHugepagePath(const virDomainDef *def,
                           virHugeTLBFSPtr hugepage)
 {
     char *base = qemuGetBaseHugepagePath(hugepage);
-    char *domPath = virDomainObjGetShortName(def);
+    char *domPath = virDomainDefGetShortName(def);
     char *ret = NULL;
 
     if (base && domPath)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index b248a3ddc4..7024635470 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ qemuDomainSetPrivatePaths(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 {
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
-    char *domname = virDomainObjGetShortName(vm->def);
+    char *domname = virDomainDefGetShortName(vm->def);
     int ret = -1;
 
     if (!domname)
@@ -8274,7 +8274,7 @@ qemuDomainGetPreservedMountPath(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
     char *path = NULL;
     char *tmp;
     const char *suffix = mountpoint + strlen(DEVPREFIX);
-    char *domname = virDomainObjGetShortName(vm->def);
+    char *domname = virDomainDefGetShortName(vm->def);
     size_t off;
 
     if (!domname)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index be5cde7906..d18a79c4e0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -4080,7 +4080,7 @@ getAutoDumpPath(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                 virDomainObjPtr vm)
 {
     char *dumpfile = NULL;
-    char *domname = virDomainObjGetShortName(vm->def);
+    char *domname = virDomainDefGetShortName(vm->def);
     char timestr[100];
     struct tm time_info;
     time_t curtime = time(NULL);