diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 30f91bcfb3..3bcdf92e2f 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -2026,10 +2026,11 @@ static void finalize_gic_version(VirtMachineState *vms)
 }
 
 /*
- * virt_cpu_post_init() must be called after the CPUs have
- * been realized and the GIC has been created.
+ * virt_post_cpus_gic_realized() must be called after the CPUs and
+ * the GIC have both been realized.
  */
-static void virt_cpu_post_init(VirtMachineState *vms, MemoryRegion *sysmem)
+static void virt_post_cpus_gic_realized(VirtMachineState *vms,
+                                        MemoryRegion *sysmem)
 {
     int max_cpus = MACHINE(vms)->smp.max_cpus;
     bool aarch64, pmu, steal_time;
@@ -2346,7 +2347,7 @@ static void machvirt_init(MachineState *machine)
 
     create_gic(vms, sysmem);
 
-    virt_cpu_post_init(vms, sysmem);
+    virt_post_cpus_gic_realized(vms, sysmem);
 
     fdt_add_pmu_nodes(vms);