diff --git a/cpu-all.h b/cpu-all.h
index 7246a67236..9d787151e1 100644
--- a/cpu-all.h
+++ b/cpu-all.h
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void QEMU_NORETURN cpu_abort(CPUState *env, const char *fmt, ...)
     GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3);
 extern CPUState *first_cpu;
 DECLARE_TLS(CPUState *,cpu_single_env);
-#define cpu_single_env get_tls(cpu_single_env)
+#define cpu_single_env tls_var(cpu_single_env)
 
 /* Flags for use in ENV->INTERRUPT_PENDING.
 
diff --git a/qemu-tls.h b/qemu-tls.h
index 5b70f10f8f..b92ea9d7da 100644
--- a/qemu-tls.h
+++ b/qemu-tls.h
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
 #ifdef __linux__
 #define DECLARE_TLS(type, x) extern DEFINE_TLS(type, x)
 #define DEFINE_TLS(type, x)  __thread __typeof__(type) tls__##x
-#define get_tls(x)           tls__##x
+#define tls_var(x)           tls__##x
 #else
 /* Dummy implementations which define plain global variables */
 #define DECLARE_TLS(type, x) extern DEFINE_TLS(type, x)
 #define DEFINE_TLS(type, x)  __typeof__(type) tls__##x
-#define get_tls(x)           tls__##x
+#define tls_var(x)           tls__##x
 #endif
 
 #endif