diff --git a/target/mips/meson.build b/target/mips/meson.build
index 4179395a8e..5a49951c6d 100644
--- a/target/mips/meson.build
+++ b/target/mips/meson.build
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ mips_ss.add(files(
   'dsp_helper.c',
   'fpu_helper.c',
   'gdbstub.c',
-  'helper.c',
   'lmmi_helper.c',
   'msa_helper.c',
   'op_helper.c',
+  'tlb_helper.c',
   'translate.c',
 ))
 mips_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_KVM', if_true: files('kvm.c'))
diff --git a/target/mips/helper.c b/target/mips/tlb_helper.c
similarity index 99%
rename from target/mips/helper.c
rename to target/mips/tlb_helper.c
index 68804b84b1..b02c0479e7 100644
--- a/target/mips/helper.c
+++ b/target/mips/tlb_helper.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  MIPS emulation helpers for qemu.
+ * MIPS TLB (Translation lookaside buffer) helpers.
  *
  *  Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Jocelyn Mayer
  *