diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
index 24c45b12d4..ee24212765 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ void spapr_rtas_register(int token, const char *name, spapr_rtas_fn fn)
 
     token -= RTAS_TOKEN_BASE;
 
-    assert(!rtas_table[token].name);
+    assert(!name || !rtas_table[token].name);
 
     rtas_table[token].name = name;
     rtas_table[token].fn = fn;
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index 02b5ce7e40..9331f5e0b9 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -675,6 +675,10 @@ typedef void (*spapr_rtas_fn)(PowerPCCPU *cpu, SpaprMachineState *sm,
                               uint32_t nargs, target_ulong args,
                               uint32_t nret, target_ulong rets);
 void spapr_rtas_register(int token, const char *name, spapr_rtas_fn fn);
+static inline void spapr_rtas_unregister(int token)
+{
+    spapr_rtas_register(token, NULL, NULL);
+}
 target_ulong spapr_rtas_call(PowerPCCPU *cpu, SpaprMachineState *sm,
                              uint32_t token, uint32_t nargs, target_ulong args,
                              uint32_t nret, target_ulong rets);