diff --git a/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c b/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c
index ad1da0d6f530..77536548d072 100644
--- a/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c
+++ b/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "qemu/xattr.h"
 #include "virtio-9p-marshal.h"
-#include "hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.h"
+#include "hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.h"
 #include "fsdev/virtio-9p-marshal.h"
 
 #define PROGNAME "virtfs-proxy-helper"
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c
similarity index 99%
rename from hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c
rename to hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c
index 1bc7881f03d5..67c1fb93f894 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Virtio 9p Proxy callback
+ * 9p Proxy callback
  *
  * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
  *
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@
  */
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
-#include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
 #include "virtio-9p.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "fsdev/qemu-fsdev.h"
-#include "virtio-9p-proxy.h"
+#include "9p-proxy.h"
 
 typedef struct V9fsProxy {
     int sockfd;
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.h
similarity index 95%
rename from hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.h
rename to hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.h
index 005c1ad75726..56150b948b4c 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-proxy.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Virtio 9p Proxy callback
+ * 9p Proxy callback
  *
  * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
  *
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
  * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
  */
-#ifndef _QEMU_VIRTIO_9P_PROXY_H
-#define _QEMU_VIRTIO_9P_PROXY_H
+#ifndef _QEMU_9P_PROXY_H
+#define _QEMU_9P_PROXY_H
 
 #define PROXY_MAX_IO_SZ (64 * 1024)
 #define V9FS_FD_VALID INT_MAX
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs b/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs
index 0721462d8870..cd5d146a246b 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ common-obj-y += virtio-9p-xattr-user.o 9p-posix-acl.o
 common-obj-y += coth.o cofs.o codir.o cofile.o
 common-obj-y += coxattr.o virtio-9p-synth.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_OPEN_BY_HANDLE) +=  9p-handle.o
-common-obj-y += virtio-9p-proxy.o
+common-obj-y += 9p-proxy.o
 
 obj-y += virtio-9p-device.o