diff --git a/hw/intc/xics.c b/hw/intc/xics.c
index 2e83d41..bf5eb56 100644
--- a/hw/intc/xics.c
+++ b/hw/intc/xics.c
@@ -718,7 +718,8 @@ static int ics_find_free_block(ICSState *ics, int num, int alignnum)
     return -1;
 }
 
-int xics_alloc(XICSState *icp, int src, int irq_hint, bool lsi, Error **errp)
+int xics_spapr_alloc(XICSState *icp, int src, int irq_hint, bool lsi,
+                     Error **errp)
 {
     ICSState *ics = &icp->ics[src];
     int irq;
@@ -749,8 +750,8 @@ int xics_alloc(XICSState *icp, int src, int irq_hint, bool lsi, Error **errp)
  * Allocate block of consecutive IRQs, and return the number of the first IRQ in the block.
  * If align==true, aligns the first IRQ number to num.
  */
-int xics_alloc_block(XICSState *icp, int src, int num, bool lsi, bool align,
-                     Error **errp)
+int xics_spapr_alloc_block(XICSState *icp, int src, int num, bool lsi,
+                           bool align, Error **errp)
 {
     int i, first = -1;
     ICSState *ics = &icp->ics[src];
@@ -799,7 +800,7 @@ static void ics_free(ICSState *ics, int srcno, int num)
     }
 }
 
-void xics_free(XICSState *icp, int irq, int num)
+void xics_spapr_free(XICSState *icp, int irq, int num)
 {
     int src = xics_find_source(icp, irq);
 
@@ -1018,9 +1019,9 @@ static void xics_set_nr_servers(XICSState *icp, uint32_t nr_servers,
     }
 }
 
-static void xics_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+static void xics_spapr_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
-    XICSState *icp = XICS(dev);
+    XICSState *icp = XICS_SPAPR(dev);
     Error *error = NULL;
     int i;
 
@@ -1057,38 +1058,38 @@ static void xics_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     }
 }
 
-static void xics_initfn(Object *obj)
+static void xics_spapr_initfn(Object *obj)
 {
-    XICSState *xics = XICS(obj);
+    XICSState *xics = XICS_SPAPR(obj);
 
     xics->ics = ICS(object_new(TYPE_ICS));
     object_property_add_child(obj, "ics", OBJECT(xics->ics), NULL);
     xics->ics->icp = xics;
 }
 
-static void xics_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+static void xics_spapr_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
-    XICSStateClass *xsc = XICS_CLASS(oc);
+    XICSStateClass *xsc = XICS_SPAPR_CLASS(oc);
 
-    dc->realize = xics_realize;
+    dc->realize = xics_spapr_realize;
     xsc->set_nr_irqs = xics_set_nr_irqs;
     xsc->set_nr_servers = xics_set_nr_servers;
 }
 
-static const TypeInfo xics_info = {
-    .name          = TYPE_XICS,
+static const TypeInfo xics_spapr_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_XICS_SPAPR,
     .parent        = TYPE_XICS_COMMON,
     .instance_size = sizeof(XICSState),
     .class_size = sizeof(XICSStateClass),
-    .class_init    = xics_class_init,
-    .instance_init = xics_initfn,
+    .class_init    = xics_spapr_class_init,
+    .instance_init = xics_spapr_initfn,
 };
 
 static void xics_register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&xics_common_info);
-    type_register_static(&xics_info);
+    type_register_static(&xics_spapr_info);
     type_register_static(&ics_info);
     type_register_static(&icp_info);
 }
diff --git a/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c b/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c
index b17d6a9..a533e3d 100644
--- a/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c
+++ b/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static const TypeInfo icp_kvm_info = {
  */
 static void ics_get_kvm_state(ICSState *ics)
 {
-    KVMXICSState *icpkvm = KVM_XICS(ics->icp);
+    KVMXICSState *icpkvm = XICS_SPAPR_KVM(ics->icp);
     uint64_t state;
     struct kvm_device_attr attr = {
         .flags = 0,
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void ics_get_kvm_state(ICSState *ics)
 
 static int ics_set_kvm_state(ICSState *ics, int version_id)
 {
-    KVMXICSState *icpkvm = KVM_XICS(ics->icp);
+    KVMXICSState *icpkvm = XICS_SPAPR_KVM(ics->icp);
     uint64_t state;
     struct kvm_device_attr attr = {
         .flags = 0,
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static void xics_kvm_cpu_setup(XICSState *icp, PowerPCCPU *cpu)
 {
     CPUState *cs;
     ICPState *ss;
-    KVMXICSState *icpkvm = KVM_XICS(icp);
+    KVMXICSState *icpkvm = XICS_SPAPR_KVM(icp);
 
     cs = CPU(cpu);
     ss = &icp->ss[cs->cpu_index];
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static void rtas_dummy(PowerPCCPU *cpu, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
 
 static void xics_kvm_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
-    KVMXICSState *icpkvm = KVM_XICS(dev);
+    KVMXICSState *icpkvm = XICS_SPAPR_KVM(dev);
     XICSState *icp = XICS_COMMON(dev);
     int i, rc;
     Error *error = NULL;
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ static void xics_kvm_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     xsc->set_nr_servers = xics_kvm_set_nr_servers;
 }
 
-static const TypeInfo xics_kvm_info = {
-    .name          = TYPE_KVM_XICS,
+static const TypeInfo xics_spapr_kvm_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_XICS_SPAPR_KVM,
     .parent        = TYPE_XICS_COMMON,
     .instance_size = sizeof(KVMXICSState),
     .class_init    = xics_kvm_class_init,
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static const TypeInfo xics_kvm_info = {
 
 static void xics_kvm_register_types(void)
 {
-    type_register_static(&xics_kvm_info);
+    type_register_static(&xics_spapr_kvm_info);
     type_register_static(&ics_kvm_info);
     type_register_static(&icp_kvm_info);
 }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 0b6bb9c..a8d497c 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ static XICSState *xics_system_init(MachineState *machine,
         Error *err = NULL;
 
         if (machine_kernel_irqchip_allowed(machine)) {
-            icp = try_create_xics(TYPE_KVM_XICS, nr_servers, nr_irqs, &err);
+            icp = try_create_xics(TYPE_XICS_SPAPR_KVM, nr_servers, nr_irqs,
+                                  &err);
         }
         if (machine_kernel_irqchip_required(machine) && !icp) {
             error_reportf_err(err,
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ static XICSState *xics_system_init(MachineState *machine,
     }
 
     if (!icp) {
-        icp = try_create_xics(TYPE_XICS, nr_servers, nr_irqs, errp);
+        icp = try_create_xics(TYPE_XICS_SPAPR, nr_servers, nr_irqs, errp);
     }
 
     return icp;
@@ -1781,7 +1782,7 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
     /* Set up Interrupt Controller before we create the VCPUs */
     spapr->icp = xics_system_init(machine,
                                   DIV_ROUND_UP(max_cpus * smt, smp_threads),
-                                  XICS_IRQS, &error_fatal);
+                                  XICS_IRQS_SPAPR, &error_fatal);
 
     if (smc->dr_lmb_enabled) {
         spapr_validate_node_memory(machine, &error_fatal);
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
index af80992..0585f8a 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ out_no_events:
 void spapr_events_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
 {
     QTAILQ_INIT(&spapr->pending_events);
-    spapr->check_exception_irq = xics_alloc(spapr->icp, 0, 0, false,
+    spapr->check_exception_irq = xics_spapr_alloc(spapr->icp, 0, 0, false,
                                             &error_fatal);
     spapr->epow_notifier.notify = spapr_powerdown_req;
     qemu_register_powerdown_notifier(&spapr->epow_notifier);
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
index 9f28fb3..451651d 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static void rtas_ibm_change_msi(PowerPCCPU *cpu, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
             return;
         }
 
-        xics_free(spapr->icp, msi->first_irq, msi->num);
+        xics_spapr_free(spapr->icp, msi->first_irq, msi->num);
         if (msi_present(pdev)) {
             spapr_msi_setmsg(pdev, 0, false, 0, 0);
         }
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static void rtas_ibm_change_msi(PowerPCCPU *cpu, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
     }
 
     /* Allocate MSIs */
-    irq = xics_alloc_block(spapr->icp, 0, req_num, false,
+    irq = xics_spapr_alloc_block(spapr->icp, 0, req_num, false,
                            ret_intr_type == RTAS_TYPE_MSI, &err);
     if (err) {
         error_reportf_err(err, "Can't allocate MSIs for device %x: ",
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static void rtas_ibm_change_msi(PowerPCCPU *cpu, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
 
     /* Release previous MSIs */
     if (msi) {
-        xics_free(spapr->icp, msi->first_irq, msi->num);
+        xics_spapr_free(spapr->icp, msi->first_irq, msi->num);
         g_hash_table_remove(phb->msi, &config_addr);
     }
 
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ static void spapr_phb_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         uint32_t irq;
         Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-        irq = xics_alloc_block(spapr->icp, 0, 1, true, false, &local_err);
+        irq = xics_spapr_alloc_block(spapr->icp, 0, 1, true, false, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             error_propagate(errp, local_err);
             error_prepend(errp, "can't allocate LSIs: ");
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ int spapr_populate_pci_dt(sPAPRPHBState *phb,
     _FDT(fdt_setprop(fdt, bus_off, "ranges", &ranges, sizeof_ranges));
     _FDT(fdt_setprop(fdt, bus_off, "reg", &bus_reg, sizeof(bus_reg)));
     _FDT(fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, bus_off, "ibm,pci-config-space-type", 0x1));
-    _FDT(fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, bus_off, "ibm,pe-total-#msi", XICS_IRQS));
+    _FDT(fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, bus_off, "ibm,pe-total-#msi", XICS_IRQS_SPAPR));
 
     /* Build the interrupt-map, this must matches what is done
      * in pci_spapr_map_irq
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_vio.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_vio.c
index ae40db8..7ffd23e 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_vio.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_vio.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static void spapr_vio_busdev_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
         dev->qdev.id = id;
     }
 
-    dev->irq = xics_alloc(spapr->icp, 0, dev->irq, false, &local_err);
+    dev->irq = xics_spapr_alloc(spapr->icp, 0, dev->irq, false, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/xics.h b/include/hw/ppc/xics.h
index 6925677..c946770 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/xics.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/xics.h
@@ -32,20 +32,25 @@
 #define TYPE_XICS_COMMON "xics-common"
 #define XICS_COMMON(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(XICSState, (obj), TYPE_XICS_COMMON)
 
-#define TYPE_XICS "xics"
-#define XICS(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(XICSState, (obj), TYPE_XICS)
+/*
+ * Retain xics as the type name to be compatible for migration. Rest all the
+ * functions, class and variables are renamed as xics_spapr.
+ */
+#define TYPE_XICS_SPAPR "xics"
+#define XICS_SPAPR(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(XICSState, (obj), TYPE_XICS_SPAPR)
 
-#define TYPE_KVM_XICS "xics-kvm"
-#define KVM_XICS(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(KVMXICSState, (obj), TYPE_KVM_XICS)
+#define TYPE_XICS_SPAPR_KVM "xics-spapr-kvm"
+#define XICS_SPAPR_KVM(obj) \
+     OBJECT_CHECK(KVMXICSState, (obj), TYPE_XICS_SPAPR_KVM)
 
 #define XICS_COMMON_CLASS(klass) \
      OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(XICSStateClass, (klass), TYPE_XICS_COMMON)
-#define XICS_CLASS(klass) \
-     OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(XICSStateClass, (klass), TYPE_XICS)
+#define XICS_SPAPR_CLASS(klass) \
+     OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(XICSStateClass, (klass), TYPE_XICS_SPAPR)
 #define XICS_COMMON_GET_CLASS(obj) \
      OBJECT_GET_CLASS(XICSStateClass, (obj), TYPE_XICS_COMMON)
-#define XICS_GET_CLASS(obj) \
-     OBJECT_GET_CLASS(XICSStateClass, (obj), TYPE_XICS)
+#define XICS_SPAPR_GET_CLASS(obj) \
+     OBJECT_GET_CLASS(XICSStateClass, (obj), TYPE_XICS_SPAPR)
 
 #define XICS_IPI        0x2
 #define XICS_BUID       0x1
@@ -157,13 +162,14 @@ struct ICSIRQState {
     uint8_t flags;
 };
 
-#define XICS_IRQS               1024
+#define XICS_IRQS_SPAPR               1024
 
 qemu_irq xics_get_qirq(XICSState *icp, int irq);
-int xics_alloc(XICSState *icp, int src, int irq_hint, bool lsi, Error **errp);
-int xics_alloc_block(XICSState *icp, int src, int num, bool lsi, bool align,
+int xics_spapr_alloc(XICSState *icp, int src, int irq_hint, bool lsi,
                      Error **errp);
-void xics_free(XICSState *icp, int irq, int num);
+int xics_spapr_alloc_block(XICSState *icp, int src, int num, bool lsi,
+                           bool align, Error **errp);
+void xics_spapr_free(XICSState *icp, int irq, int num);
 
 void xics_cpu_setup(XICSState *icp, PowerPCCPU *cpu);
 void xics_cpu_destroy(XICSState *icp, PowerPCCPU *cpu);
