diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-core.h b/include/hw/qdev-core.h
index ebca8cf9fca..4ff19c714bd 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-core.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-core.h
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ typedef int (qdev_walkerfn)(DeviceState *dev, void *opaque);
 
 void qbus_init(void *bus, size_t size, const char *typename,
                DeviceState *parent, const char *name);
-BusState *qbus_create(const char *typename, DeviceState *parent, const char *name);
+BusState *qbus_new(const char *typename, DeviceState *parent, const char *name);
 bool qbus_realize(BusState *bus, Error **errp);
 void qbus_unrealize(BusState *bus);
 
diff --git a/hw/core/bus.c b/hw/core/bus.c
index cec49985024..c7831b5293b 100644
--- a/hw/core/bus.c
+++ b/hw/core/bus.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void qbus_init(void *bus, size_t size, const char *typename,
     qbus_init_internal(bus, parent, name);
 }
 
-BusState *qbus_create(const char *typename, DeviceState *parent, const char *name)
+BusState *qbus_new(const char *typename, DeviceState *parent, const char *name)
 {
     BusState *bus;
 
diff --git a/hw/hyperv/vmbus.c b/hw/hyperv/vmbus.c
index c9887d5a7bc..dbce3b35fba 100644
--- a/hw/hyperv/vmbus.c
+++ b/hw/hyperv/vmbus.c
@@ -2729,7 +2729,7 @@ static void vmbus_bridge_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    bridge->bus = VMBUS(qbus_create(TYPE_VMBUS, dev, "vmbus"));
+    bridge->bus = VMBUS(qbus_new(TYPE_VMBUS, dev, "vmbus"));
 }
 
 static char *vmbus_bridge_ofw_unit_address(const SysBusDevice *dev)
diff --git a/hw/i2c/core.c b/hw/i2c/core.c
index 416372ad00c..0e7d2763b9e 100644
--- a/hw/i2c/core.c
+++ b/hw/i2c/core.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ I2CBus *i2c_init_bus(DeviceState *parent, const char *name)
 {
     I2CBus *bus;
 
-    bus = I2C_BUS(qbus_create(TYPE_I2C_BUS, parent, name));
+    bus = I2C_BUS(qbus_new(TYPE_I2C_BUS, parent, name));
     QLIST_INIT(&bus->current_devs);
     vmstate_register(NULL, VMSTATE_INSTANCE_ID_ANY, &vmstate_i2c_bus, bus);
     return bus;
diff --git a/hw/isa/isa-bus.c b/hw/isa/isa-bus.c
index cffaa35e9cf..6c31398dda6 100644
--- a/hw/isa/isa-bus.c
+++ b/hw/isa/isa-bus.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ISABus *isa_bus_new(DeviceState *dev, MemoryRegion* address_space,
         sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), &error_fatal);
     }
 
-    isabus = ISA_BUS(qbus_create(TYPE_ISA_BUS, dev, NULL));
+    isabus = ISA_BUS(qbus_new(TYPE_ISA_BUS, dev, NULL));
     isabus->address_space = address_space;
     isabus->address_space_io = address_space_io;
     return isabus;
diff --git a/hw/misc/auxbus.c b/hw/misc/auxbus.c
index 434ff8d910d..8a8012f5f08 100644
--- a/hw/misc/auxbus.c
+++ b/hw/misc/auxbus.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ AUXBus *aux_bus_init(DeviceState *parent, const char *name)
     AUXBus *bus;
     Object *auxtoi2c;
 
-    bus = AUX_BUS(qbus_create(TYPE_AUX_BUS, parent, name));
+    bus = AUX_BUS(qbus_new(TYPE_AUX_BUS, parent, name));
     auxtoi2c = object_new_with_props(TYPE_AUXTOI2C, OBJECT(bus), "i2c",
                                      &error_abort, NULL);
 
diff --git a/hw/pci/pci.c b/hw/pci/pci.c
index 14cb15a0aa1..186758ee11f 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pci.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pci.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ PCIBus *pci_root_bus_new(DeviceState *parent, const char *name,
 {
     PCIBus *bus;
 
-    bus = PCI_BUS(qbus_create(typename, parent, name));
+    bus = PCI_BUS(qbus_new(typename, parent, name));
     pci_root_bus_internal_init(bus, parent, address_space_mem,
                                address_space_io, devfn_min);
     return bus;
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_vio.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_vio.c
index b59452bcd62..b975ed29cad 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_vio.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_vio.c
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ SpaprVioBus *spapr_vio_bus_init(void)
     sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), &error_fatal);
 
     /* Create bus on bridge device */
-    qbus = qbus_create(TYPE_SPAPR_VIO_BUS, dev, "spapr-vio");
+    qbus = qbus_new(TYPE_SPAPR_VIO_BUS, dev, "spapr-vio");
     bus = SPAPR_VIO_BUS(qbus);
     bus->next_reg = SPAPR_VIO_REG_BASE;
 
diff --git a/hw/s390x/ap-bridge.c b/hw/s390x/ap-bridge.c
index 8bcf8ece9dd..ef8fa2b15be 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ap-bridge.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/ap-bridge.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void s390_init_ap(void)
     sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), &error_fatal);
 
     /* Create bus on bridge device */
-    bus = qbus_create(TYPE_AP_BUS, dev, TYPE_AP_BUS);
+    bus = qbus_new(TYPE_AP_BUS, dev, TYPE_AP_BUS);
 
     /* Enable hotplugging */
     qbus_set_hotplug_handler(bus, OBJECT(dev));
diff --git a/hw/s390x/css-bridge.c b/hw/s390x/css-bridge.c
index 191b29f0771..4017081d49c 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/css-bridge.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/css-bridge.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ VirtualCssBus *virtual_css_bus_init(void)
     sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), &error_fatal);
 
     /* Create bus on bridge device */
-    bus = qbus_create(TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS, dev, "virtual-css");
+    bus = qbus_new(TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS, dev, "virtual-css");
     cbus = VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS(bus);
 
     /* Enable hotplugging */
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
index 6c0225c3a01..6fafffb029a 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ static void s390_pcihost_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     qbus_set_hotplug_handler(bus, OBJECT(dev));
     phb->bus = b;
 
-    s->bus = S390_PCI_BUS(qbus_create(TYPE_S390_PCI_BUS, dev, NULL));
+    s->bus = S390_PCI_BUS(qbus_new(TYPE_S390_PCI_BUS, dev, NULL));
     qbus_set_hotplug_handler(BUS(s->bus), OBJECT(dev));
 
     s->iommu_table = g_hash_table_new_full(g_int64_hash, g_int64_equal,
diff --git a/hw/ssi/ssi.c b/hw/ssi/ssi.c
index e5d7ce95237..003931fb509 100644
--- a/hw/ssi/ssi.c
+++ b/hw/ssi/ssi.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ DeviceState *ssi_create_peripheral(SSIBus *bus, const char *name)
 SSIBus *ssi_create_bus(DeviceState *parent, const char *name)
 {
     BusState *bus;
-    bus = qbus_create(TYPE_SSI_BUS, parent, name);
+    bus = qbus_new(TYPE_SSI_BUS, parent, name);
     return SSI_BUS(bus);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/xen/xen-bus.c b/hw/xen/xen-bus.c
index 8c588920d9f..416583f130b 100644
--- a/hw/xen/xen-bus.c
+++ b/hw/xen/xen-bus.c
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ type_init(xen_register_types)
 void xen_bus_init(void)
 {
     DeviceState *dev = qdev_new(TYPE_XEN_BRIDGE);
-    BusState *bus = qbus_create(TYPE_XEN_BUS, dev, NULL);
+    BusState *bus = qbus_new(TYPE_XEN_BUS, dev, NULL);
 
     sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), &error_fatal);
     qbus_set_bus_hotplug_handler(bus);
diff --git a/hw/xen/xen-legacy-backend.c b/hw/xen/xen-legacy-backend.c
index dd8ae1452d1..be3cf4a195e 100644
--- a/hw/xen/xen-legacy-backend.c
+++ b/hw/xen/xen-legacy-backend.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ int xen_be_init(void)
 
     xen_sysdev = qdev_new(TYPE_XENSYSDEV);
     sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(xen_sysdev), &error_fatal);
-    xen_sysbus = qbus_create(TYPE_XENSYSBUS, xen_sysdev, "xen-sysbus");
+    xen_sysbus = qbus_new(TYPE_XENSYSBUS, xen_sysdev, "xen-sysbus");
     qbus_set_bus_hotplug_handler(xen_sysbus);
 
     return 0;
