diff --git a/util/qemu-error.c b/util/error-report.c
similarity index 100%
rename from util/qemu-error.c
rename to util/error-report.c
diff --git a/util/meson.build b/util/meson.build
index 2d71ab57a4..82eec004e2 100644
--- a/util/meson.build
+++ b/util/meson.build
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ util_ss.add(files('host-utils.c'))
 util_ss.add(files('bitmap.c', 'bitops.c'))
 util_ss.add(files('fifo8.c'))
 util_ss.add(files('cacheinfo.c', 'cacheflush.c'))
-util_ss.add(files('error.c', 'qemu-error.c'))
+util_ss.add(files('error.c', 'error-report.c'))
 util_ss.add(files('qemu-print.c'))
 util_ss.add(files('id.c'))
 util_ss.add(files('qemu-config.c', 'notify.c'))