diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
index f6192502149e..2e49228ed9a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -129,34 +129,35 @@ static inline void wbinvd(void)
 
 #define get_kernel_rpl()  (pv_info.kernel_rpl)
 
-static inline u64 paravirt_read_msr(unsigned msr, int *err)
+static inline u64 paravirt_read_msr_safe(unsigned msr, int *err)
 {
-	return PVOP_CALL2(u64, pv_cpu_ops.read_msr, msr, err);
+	return PVOP_CALL2(u64, pv_cpu_ops.read_msr_safe, msr, err);
 }
 
-static inline int paravirt_write_msr(unsigned msr, unsigned low, unsigned high)
+static inline int paravirt_write_msr_safe(unsigned msr,
+					  unsigned low, unsigned high)
 {
-	return PVOP_CALL3(int, pv_cpu_ops.write_msr, msr, low, high);
+	return PVOP_CALL3(int, pv_cpu_ops.write_msr_safe, msr, low, high);
 }
 
 /* These should all do BUG_ON(_err), but our headers are too tangled. */
 #define rdmsr(msr, val1, val2)			\
 do {						\
 	int _err;				\
-	u64 _l = paravirt_read_msr(msr, &_err);	\
+	u64 _l = paravirt_read_msr_safe(msr, &_err);	\
 	val1 = (u32)_l;				\
 	val2 = _l >> 32;			\
 } while (0)
 
 #define wrmsr(msr, val1, val2)			\
 do {						\
-	paravirt_write_msr(msr, val1, val2);	\
+	paravirt_write_msr_safe(msr, val1, val2);	\
 } while (0)
 
 #define rdmsrl(msr, val)			\
 do {						\
 	int _err;				\
-	val = paravirt_read_msr(msr, &_err);	\
+	val = paravirt_read_msr_safe(msr, &_err);	\
 } while (0)
 
 static inline void wrmsrl(unsigned msr, u64 val)
@@ -164,23 +165,23 @@ static inline void wrmsrl(unsigned msr, u64 val)
 	wrmsr(msr, (u32)val, (u32)(val>>32));
 }
 
-#define wrmsr_safe(msr, a, b)	paravirt_write_msr(msr, a, b)
+#define wrmsr_safe(msr, a, b)	paravirt_write_msr_safe(msr, a, b)
 
 /* rdmsr with exception handling */
-#define rdmsr_safe(msr, a, b)			\
-({						\
-	int _err;				\
-	u64 _l = paravirt_read_msr(msr, &_err);	\
-	(*a) = (u32)_l;				\
-	(*b) = _l >> 32;			\
-	_err;					\
+#define rdmsr_safe(msr, a, b)				\
+({							\
+	int _err;					\
+	u64 _l = paravirt_read_msr_safe(msr, &_err);	\
+	(*a) = (u32)_l;					\
+	(*b) = _l >> 32;				\
+	_err;						\
 })
 
 static inline int rdmsrl_safe(unsigned msr, unsigned long long *p)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	*p = paravirt_read_msr(msr, &err);
+	*p = paravirt_read_msr_safe(msr, &err);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
index 77db5616a473..5a06cccd36f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ struct pv_cpu_ops {
 	void (*cpuid)(unsigned int *eax, unsigned int *ebx,
 		      unsigned int *ecx, unsigned int *edx);
 
-	/* MSR, PMC and TSR operations.
-	   err = 0/-EFAULT.  wrmsr returns 0/-EFAULT. */
-	u64 (*read_msr)(unsigned int msr, int *err);
-	int (*write_msr)(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high);
+	/* MSR operations.
+	   err = 0/-EIO.  wrmsr returns 0/-EIO. */
+	u64 (*read_msr_safe)(unsigned int msr, int *err);
+	int (*write_msr_safe)(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high);
 
 	u64 (*read_pmc)(int counter);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
index f08ac28b8136..8aad95478ae5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ __visible struct pv_cpu_ops pv_cpu_ops = {
 	.write_cr8 = native_write_cr8,
 #endif
 	.wbinvd = native_wbinvd,
-	.read_msr = native_read_msr_safe,
-	.write_msr = native_write_msr_safe,
+	.read_msr_safe = native_read_msr_safe,
+	.write_msr_safe = native_write_msr_safe,
 	.read_pmc = native_read_pmc,
 	.load_tr_desc = native_load_tr_desc,
 	.set_ldt = native_set_ldt,
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index d09e4c9d7cc5..ff2df20d0067 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -1222,8 +1222,8 @@ static const struct pv_cpu_ops xen_cpu_ops __initconst = {
 
 	.wbinvd = native_wbinvd,
 
-	.read_msr = xen_read_msr_safe,
-	.write_msr = xen_write_msr_safe,
+	.read_msr_safe = xen_read_msr_safe,
+	.write_msr_safe = xen_write_msr_safe,
 
 	.read_pmc = xen_read_pmc,
 
