diff --git a/migration/multifd-zlib.c b/migration/multifd-zlib.c
index 012e3bdea1..2a8f5fc9a6 100644
--- a/migration/multifd-zlib.c
+++ b/migration/multifd-zlib.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int zlib_send_setup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
         err_msg = "out of memory for buf";
         goto err_free_zbuff;
     }
-    p->data = z;
+    p->compress_data = z;
     return 0;
 
 err_free_zbuff:
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@ err_free_z:
  */
 static void zlib_send_cleanup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
-    struct zlib_data *z = p->data;
+    struct zlib_data *z = p->compress_data;
 
     deflateEnd(&z->zs);
     g_free(z->zbuff);
     z->zbuff = NULL;
     g_free(z->buf);
     z->buf = NULL;
-    g_free(p->data);
-    p->data = NULL;
+    g_free(p->compress_data);
+    p->compress_data = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static void zlib_send_cleanup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 static int zlib_send_prepare(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
     MultiFDPages_t *pages = p->pages;
-    struct zlib_data *z = p->data;
+    struct zlib_data *z = p->compress_data;
     z_stream *zs = &z->zs;
     uint32_t out_size = 0;
     int ret;
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static int zlib_recv_setup(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
     struct zlib_data *z = g_new0(struct zlib_data, 1);
     z_stream *zs = &z->zs;
 
-    p->data = z;
+    p->compress_data = z;
     zs->zalloc = Z_NULL;
     zs->zfree = Z_NULL;
     zs->opaque = Z_NULL;
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@ static int zlib_recv_setup(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
  */
 static void zlib_recv_cleanup(MultiFDRecvParams *p)
 {
-    struct zlib_data *z = p->data;
+    struct zlib_data *z = p->compress_data;
 
     inflateEnd(&z->zs);
     g_free(z->zbuff);
     z->zbuff = NULL;
-    g_free(p->data);
-    p->data = NULL;
+    g_free(p->compress_data);
+    p->compress_data = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static void zlib_recv_cleanup(MultiFDRecvParams *p)
  */
 static int zlib_recv_pages(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
-    struct zlib_data *z = p->data;
+    struct zlib_data *z = p->compress_data;
     z_stream *zs = &z->zs;
     uint32_t in_size = p->next_packet_size;
     /* we measure the change of total_out */
diff --git a/migration/multifd-zstd.c b/migration/multifd-zstd.c
index dc8fe43e94..593cf290ad 100644
--- a/migration/multifd-zstd.c
+++ b/migration/multifd-zstd.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int zstd_send_setup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
     struct zstd_data *z = g_new0(struct zstd_data, 1);
     int res;
 
-    p->data = z;
+    p->compress_data = z;
     z->zcs = ZSTD_createCStream();
     if (!z->zcs) {
         g_free(z);
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ static int zstd_send_setup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
  */
 static void zstd_send_cleanup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
-    struct zstd_data *z = p->data;
+    struct zstd_data *z = p->compress_data;
 
     ZSTD_freeCStream(z->zcs);
     z->zcs = NULL;
     g_free(z->zbuff);
     z->zbuff = NULL;
-    g_free(p->data);
-    p->data = NULL;
+    g_free(p->compress_data);
+    p->compress_data = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static void zstd_send_cleanup(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 static int zstd_send_prepare(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
 {
     MultiFDPages_t *pages = p->pages;
-    struct zstd_data *z = p->data;
+    struct zstd_data *z = p->compress_data;
     int ret;
     uint32_t i;
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int zstd_recv_setup(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
     struct zstd_data *z = g_new0(struct zstd_data, 1);
     int ret;
 
-    p->data = z;
+    p->compress_data = z;
     z->zds = ZSTD_createDStream();
     if (!z->zds) {
         g_free(z);
@@ -221,14 +221,14 @@ static int zstd_recv_setup(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
  */
 static void zstd_recv_cleanup(MultiFDRecvParams *p)
 {
-    struct zstd_data *z = p->data;
+    struct zstd_data *z = p->compress_data;
 
     ZSTD_freeDStream(z->zds);
     z->zds = NULL;
     g_free(z->zbuff);
     z->zbuff = NULL;
-    g_free(p->data);
-    p->data = NULL;
+    g_free(p->compress_data);
+    p->compress_data = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static int zstd_recv_pages(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
     uint32_t out_size = 0;
     uint32_t expected_size = p->normal_num * p->page_size;
     uint32_t flags = p->flags & MULTIFD_FLAG_COMPRESSION_MASK;
-    struct zstd_data *z = p->data;
+    struct zstd_data *z = p->compress_data;
     int ret;
     int i;
 
diff --git a/migration/multifd.h b/migration/multifd.h
index 8a1cad0996..6c18732827 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.h
+++ b/migration/multifd.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ typedef struct {
     /* number of iovs used */
     uint32_t iovs_num;
     /* used for compression methods */
-    void *data;
+    void *compress_data;
 }  MultiFDSendParams;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ typedef struct {
     /* num of non zero pages */
     uint32_t normal_num;
     /* used for de-compression methods */
-    void *data;
+    void *compress_data;
 } MultiFDRecvParams;
 
 typedef struct {
