diff --git a/system/physmem.c b/system/physmem.c
index cc68a7976378..c1b22bac77c2 100644
--- a/system/physmem.c
+++ b/system/physmem.c
@@ -3500,16 +3500,15 @@ int ram_block_discard_range(RAMBlock *rb, uint64_t start, size_t length)
     uint8_t *host_startaddr = rb->host + start;
 
     if (!QEMU_PTR_IS_ALIGNED(host_startaddr, rb->page_size)) {
-        error_report("ram_block_discard_range: Unaligned start address: %p",
-                     host_startaddr);
+        error_report("%s: Unaligned start address: %p",
+                     __func__, host_startaddr);
         goto err;
     }
 
     if ((start + length) <= rb->max_length) {
         bool need_madvise, need_fallocate;
         if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(length, rb->page_size)) {
-            error_report("ram_block_discard_range: Unaligned length: %zx",
-                         length);
+            error_report("%s: Unaligned length: %zx", __func__, length);
             goto err;
         }
 
@@ -3533,8 +3532,8 @@ int ram_block_discard_range(RAMBlock *rb, uint64_t start, size_t length)
              * proper error message.
              */
             if (rb->flags & RAM_READONLY_FD) {
-                error_report("ram_block_discard_range: Discarding RAM"
-                             " with readonly files is not supported");
+                error_report("%s: Discarding RAM with readonly files is not"
+                             " supported", __func__);
                 goto err;
 
             }
@@ -3549,27 +3548,26 @@ int ram_block_discard_range(RAMBlock *rb, uint64_t start, size_t length)
              * file.
              */
             if (!qemu_ram_is_shared(rb)) {
-                warn_report_once("ram_block_discard_range: Discarding RAM"
+                warn_report_once("%s: Discarding RAM"
                                  " in private file mappings is possibly"
                                  " dangerous, because it will modify the"
                                  " underlying file and will affect other"
-                                 " users of the file");
+                                 " users of the file", __func__);
             }
 
             ret = fallocate(rb->fd, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE,
                             start, length);
             if (ret) {
                 ret = -errno;
-                error_report("ram_block_discard_range: Failed to fallocate "
-                             "%s:%" PRIx64 " +%zx (%d)",
-                             rb->idstr, start, length, ret);
+                error_report("%s: Failed to fallocate %s:%" PRIx64 " +%zx (%d)",
+                             __func__, rb->idstr, start, length, ret);
                 goto err;
             }
 #else
             ret = -ENOSYS;
-            error_report("ram_block_discard_range: fallocate not available/file"
+            error_report("%s: fallocate not available/file"
                          "%s:%" PRIx64 " +%zx (%d)",
-                         rb->idstr, start, length, ret);
+                         __func__, rb->idstr, start, length, ret);
             goto err;
 #endif
         }
@@ -3587,25 +3585,23 @@ int ram_block_discard_range(RAMBlock *rb, uint64_t start, size_t length)
             }
             if (ret) {
                 ret = -errno;
-                error_report("ram_block_discard_range: Failed to discard range "
+                error_report("%s: Failed to discard range "
                              "%s:%" PRIx64 " +%zx (%d)",
-                             rb->idstr, start, length, ret);
+                             __func__, rb->idstr, start, length, ret);
                 goto err;
             }
 #else
             ret = -ENOSYS;
-            error_report("ram_block_discard_range: MADVISE not available"
-                         "%s:%" PRIx64 " +%zx (%d)",
-                         rb->idstr, start, length, ret);
+            error_report("%s: MADVISE not available %s:%" PRIx64 " +%zx (%d)",
+                         __func__, rb->idstr, start, length, ret);
             goto err;
 #endif
         }
         trace_ram_block_discard_range(rb->idstr, host_startaddr, length,
                                       need_madvise, need_fallocate, ret);
     } else {
-        error_report("ram_block_discard_range: Overrun block '%s' (%" PRIu64
-                     "/%zx/" RAM_ADDR_FMT")",
-                     rb->idstr, start, length, rb->max_length);
+        error_report("%s: Overrun block '%s' (%" PRIu64 "/%zx/" RAM_ADDR_FMT")",
+                     __func__, rb->idstr, start, length, rb->max_length);
     }
 
 err:
