diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 44573adce7..507fd50dd5 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1320,13 +1320,12 @@ static void *spapr_build_fdt(SpaprMachineState *spapr)
     spapr_populate_cpus_dt_node(fdt, spapr);
 
     if (smc->dr_lmb_enabled) {
-        _FDT(spapr_drc_populate_dt(fdt, 0, NULL, SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_LMB));
+        _FDT(spapr_dt_drc(fdt, 0, NULL, SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_LMB));
     }
 
     if (mc->has_hotpluggable_cpus) {
         int offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/cpus");
-        ret = spapr_drc_populate_dt(fdt, offset, NULL,
-                                    SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_CPU);
+        ret = spapr_dt_drc(fdt, offset, NULL, SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_CPU);
         if (ret < 0) {
             error_report("Couldn't set up CPU DR device tree properties");
             exit(1);
@@ -1363,7 +1362,7 @@ static void *spapr_build_fdt(SpaprMachineState *spapr)
     }
 
     if (smc->dr_phb_enabled) {
-        ret = spapr_drc_populate_dt(fdt, 0, NULL, SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_PHB);
+        ret = spapr_dt_drc(fdt, 0, NULL, SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_PHB);
         if (ret < 0) {
             error_report("Couldn't set up PHB DR device tree properties");
             exit(1);
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c
index 597f236b9c..bacadfcac5 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ SpaprDrc *spapr_drc_by_id(const char *type, uint32_t id)
 }
 
 /**
- * spapr_drc_populate_dt
+ * spapr_dt_drc
  *
  * @fdt: libfdt device tree
  * @path: path in the DT to generate properties
@@ -794,8 +794,7 @@ SpaprDrc *spapr_drc_by_id(const char *type, uint32_t id)
  *
  * as documented in PAPR+ v2.1, 13.5.2
  */
-int spapr_drc_populate_dt(void *fdt, int fdt_offset, Object *owner,
-                          uint32_t drc_type_mask)
+int spapr_dt_drc(void *fdt, int offset, Object *owner, uint32_t drc_type_mask)
 {
     Object *root_container;
     ObjectProperty *prop;
@@ -873,7 +872,7 @@ int spapr_drc_populate_dt(void *fdt, int fdt_offset, Object *owner,
     *(uint32_t *)drc_names->str = cpu_to_be32(drc_count);
     *(uint32_t *)drc_types->str = cpu_to_be32(drc_count);
 
-    ret = fdt_setprop(fdt, fdt_offset, "ibm,drc-indexes",
+    ret = fdt_setprop(fdt, offset, "ibm,drc-indexes",
                       drc_indexes->data,
                       drc_indexes->len * sizeof(uint32_t));
     if (ret) {
@@ -881,7 +880,7 @@ int spapr_drc_populate_dt(void *fdt, int fdt_offset, Object *owner,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    ret = fdt_setprop(fdt, fdt_offset, "ibm,drc-power-domains",
+    ret = fdt_setprop(fdt, offset, "ibm,drc-power-domains",
                       drc_power_domains->data,
                       drc_power_domains->len * sizeof(uint32_t));
     if (ret) {
@@ -889,14 +888,14 @@ int spapr_drc_populate_dt(void *fdt, int fdt_offset, Object *owner,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    ret = fdt_setprop(fdt, fdt_offset, "ibm,drc-names",
+    ret = fdt_setprop(fdt, offset, "ibm,drc-names",
                       drc_names->str, drc_names->len);
     if (ret) {
         error_report("Couldn't finalize ibm,drc-names property");
         goto out;
     }
 
-    ret = fdt_setprop(fdt, fdt_offset, "ibm,drc-types",
+    ret = fdt_setprop(fdt, offset, "ibm,drc-types",
                       drc_types->str, drc_types->len);
     if (ret) {
         error_report("Couldn't finalize ibm,drc-types property");
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
index dc5e46e6d4..546ca29bb7 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
@@ -2276,8 +2276,7 @@ int spapr_dt_phb(SpaprPhbState *phb, uint32_t intc_phandle, void *fdt,
         return ret;
     }
 
-    ret = spapr_drc_populate_dt(fdt, bus_off, OBJECT(phb),
-                                SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_PCI);
+    ret = spapr_dt_drc(fdt, bus_off, OBJECT(phb), SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_PCI);
     if (ret) {
         return ret;
     }
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.h
index fad0a887f9..c2c543a591 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_drc.h
@@ -266,8 +266,7 @@ SpaprDrc *spapr_dr_connector_new(Object *owner, const char *type,
                                          uint32_t id);
 SpaprDrc *spapr_drc_by_index(uint32_t index);
 SpaprDrc *spapr_drc_by_id(const char *type, uint32_t id);
-int spapr_drc_populate_dt(void *fdt, int fdt_offset, Object *owner,
-                          uint32_t drc_type_mask);
+int spapr_dt_drc(void *fdt, int offset, Object *owner, uint32_t drc_type_mask);
 
 void spapr_drc_attach(SpaprDrc *drc, DeviceState *d, Error **errp);
 void spapr_drc_detach(SpaprDrc *drc);