diff --git a/hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost.c b/hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost.c
index e05e8a3864..c004aa39da 100644
--- a/hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost.c
+++ b/hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static uint32_t allwinner_sdhost_process_desc(AwSdHostState *s,
         /* Read from SD bus */
         } else {
             for (uint32_t i = 0; i < buf_bytes; i++) {
-                buf[i] = sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus);
+                buf[i] = sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus);
             }
             cpu_physical_memory_write((desc->addr & DESC_SIZE_MASK) + num_done,
                                        buf, buf_bytes);
@@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ static uint64_t allwinner_sdhost_read(void *opaque, hwaddr offset,
         break;
     case REG_SD_FIFO:      /* Read/Write FIFO */
         if (sdbus_data_ready(&s->sdbus)) {
-            res = sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus);
-            res |= sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus) << 8;
-            res |= sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus) << 16;
-            res |= sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus) << 24;
+            res = sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus);
+            res |= sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus) << 8;
+            res |= sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus) << 16;
+            res |= sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus) << 24;
             allwinner_sdhost_update_transfer_cnt(s, sizeof(uint32_t));
             allwinner_sdhost_auto_stop(s);
             allwinner_sdhost_update_irq(s);
diff --git a/hw/sd/bcm2835_sdhost.c b/hw/sd/bcm2835_sdhost.c
index 16aba7cc92..2c7a675a2d 100644
--- a/hw/sd/bcm2835_sdhost.c
+++ b/hw/sd/bcm2835_sdhost.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static void bcm2835_sdhost_fifo_run(BCM2835SDHostState *s)
         if (is_read) {
             n = 0;
             while (s->datacnt && s->fifo_len < BCM2835_SDHOST_FIFO_LEN) {
-                value |= (uint32_t)sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus) << (n * 8);
+                value |= (uint32_t)sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus) << (n * 8);
                 s->datacnt--;
                 n++;
                 if (n == 4) {
diff --git a/hw/sd/core.c b/hw/sd/core.c
index 13b5ca0316..a3b620b802 100644
--- a/hw/sd/core.c
+++ b/hw/sd/core.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void sdbus_write_byte(SDBus *sdbus, uint8_t value)
     }
 }
 
-uint8_t sdbus_read_data(SDBus *sdbus)
+uint8_t sdbus_read_byte(SDBus *sdbus)
 {
     SDState *card = get_card(sdbus);
     uint8_t value = 0;
diff --git a/hw/sd/milkymist-memcard.c b/hw/sd/milkymist-memcard.c
index 4128109c04..e8d055bb89 100644
--- a/hw/sd/milkymist-memcard.c
+++ b/hw/sd/milkymist-memcard.c
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ static uint64_t memcard_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
             r = 0xffffffff;
         } else {
             r = 0;
-            r |= sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus) << 24;
-            r |= sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus) << 16;
-            r |= sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus) << 8;
-            r |= sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus);
+            r |= sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus) << 24;
+            r |= sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus) << 16;
+            r |= sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus) << 8;
+            r |= sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus);
         }
         break;
     case R_CLK2XDIV:
diff --git a/hw/sd/pl181.c b/hw/sd/pl181.c
index 771bae193f..579d68ad83 100644
--- a/hw/sd/pl181.c
+++ b/hw/sd/pl181.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static void pl181_fifo_run(PL181State *s)
         if (is_read) {
             n = 0;
             while (s->datacnt && s->fifo_len < PL181_FIFO_LEN) {
-                value |= (uint32_t)sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus) << (n * 8);
+                value |= (uint32_t)sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus) << (n * 8);
                 s->datacnt--;
                 n++;
                 if (n == 4) {
diff --git a/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c b/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c
index 07ddc2eba3..04f0a98f81 100644
--- a/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c
+++ b/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static void pxa2xx_mmci_fifo_update(PXA2xxMMCIState *s)
     } else
         while (s->bytesleft && s->rx_len < 32) {
             s->rx_fifo[(s->rx_start + (s->rx_len ++)) & 0x1f] =
-                sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus);
+                sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus);
             s->bytesleft --;
             s->intreq |= INT_RXFIFO_REQ;
         }
diff --git a/hw/sd/sdhci.c b/hw/sd/sdhci.c
index 4bf1ee88b2..b897b1121b 100644
--- a/hw/sd/sdhci.c
+++ b/hw/sd/sdhci.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static void sdhci_read_block_from_card(SDHCIState *s)
     }
 
     for (index = 0; index < blk_size; index++) {
-        data = sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus);
+        data = sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus);
         if (!FIELD_EX32(s->hostctl2, SDHC_HOSTCTL2, EXECUTE_TUNING)) {
             /* Device is not in tuning */
             s->fifo_buffer[index] = data;
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static void sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks(SDHCIState *s)
         while (s->blkcnt) {
             if (s->data_count == 0) {
                 for (n = 0; n < block_size; n++) {
-                    s->fifo_buffer[n] = sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus);
+                    s->fifo_buffer[n] = sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus);
                 }
             }
             begin = s->data_count;
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static void sdhci_sdma_transfer_single_block(SDHCIState *s)
 
     if (s->trnmod & SDHC_TRNS_READ) {
         for (n = 0; n < datacnt; n++) {
-            s->fifo_buffer[n] = sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus);
+            s->fifo_buffer[n] = sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus);
         }
         dma_memory_write(s->dma_as, s->sdmasysad, s->fifo_buffer, datacnt);
     } else {
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ static void sdhci_do_adma(SDHCIState *s)
                 while (length) {
                     if (s->data_count == 0) {
                         for (n = 0; n < block_size; n++) {
-                            s->fifo_buffer[n] = sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus);
+                            s->fifo_buffer[n] = sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus);
                         }
                     }
                     begin = s->data_count;
diff --git a/hw/sd/ssi-sd.c b/hw/sd/ssi-sd.c
index 9210ef567f..a7ef9cb922 100644
--- a/hw/sd/ssi-sd.c
+++ b/hw/sd/ssi-sd.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static uint32_t ssi_sd_transfer(SSISlave *dev, uint32_t val)
         s->mode = SSI_SD_DATA_READ;
         return 0xfe;
     case SSI_SD_DATA_READ:
-        val = sdbus_read_data(&s->sdbus);
+        val = sdbus_read_byte(&s->sdbus);
         if (!sdbus_data_ready(&s->sdbus)) {
             DPRINTF("Data read end\n");
             s->mode = SSI_SD_CMD;
diff --git a/include/hw/sd/sd.h b/include/hw/sd/sd.h
index 1e5ac955d0..14ffc7f475 100644
--- a/include/hw/sd/sd.h
+++ b/include/hw/sd/sd.h
@@ -166,7 +166,15 @@ int sdbus_do_command(SDBus *sd, SDRequest *req, uint8_t *response);
  * Write a byte on the data lines of a SD bus.
  */
 void sdbus_write_byte(SDBus *sd, uint8_t value);
-uint8_t sdbus_read_data(SDBus *sd);
+/**
+ * Read a byte from a SD bus.
+ * @sd: bus
+ *
+ * Read a byte from the data lines of a SD bus.
+ *
+ * Return: byte value read
+ */
+uint8_t sdbus_read_byte(SDBus *sd);
 bool sdbus_data_ready(SDBus *sd);
 bool sdbus_get_inserted(SDBus *sd);
 bool sdbus_get_readonly(SDBus *sd);