diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 2c15e5d..458a4f8 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ void bdrv_set_dev_ops(BlockDriverState *bs, const BlockDevOps *ops,
 }
 
 void bdrv_emit_qmp_error_event(const BlockDriverState *bdrv,
-                               MonitorEvent ev,
+                               QEvent ev,
                                BlockErrorAction action, bool is_read)
 {
     QObject *data;
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index bcc72e2..bfdaf84 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ AioContext *bdrv_get_aio_context(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int is_windows_drive(const char *filename);
 #endif
 void bdrv_emit_qmp_error_event(const BlockDriverState *bdrv,
-                               MonitorEvent ev,
+                               QEvent ev,
                                BlockErrorAction action, bool is_read);
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/monitor/monitor.h b/include/monitor/monitor.h
index 10fa0e3..8b14a6f 100644
--- a/include/monitor/monitor.h
+++ b/include/monitor/monitor.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ extern Monitor *default_mon;
 #define MONITOR_CMD_ASYNC       0x0001
 
 /* QMP events */
-typedef enum MonitorEvent {
+typedef enum QEvent {
     QEVENT_SHUTDOWN,
     QEVENT_RESET,
     QEVENT_POWERDOWN,
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ typedef enum MonitorEvent {
      * defining new events here */
 
     QEVENT_MAX,
-} MonitorEvent;
+} QEvent;
 
 int monitor_cur_is_qmp(void);
 
-void monitor_protocol_event(MonitorEvent event, QObject *data);
+void monitor_protocol_event(QEvent event, QObject *data);
 void monitor_init(CharDriverState *chr, int flags);
 
 int monitor_suspend(Monitor *mon);
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 74f3f1b..9377834 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ typedef struct MonitorControl {
  * instance.
  */
 typedef struct MonitorEventState {
-    MonitorEvent event; /* Event being tracked */
+    QEvent event;       /* Event being tracked */
     int64_t rate;       /* Period over which to throttle. 0 to disable */
     int64_t last;       /* Time at which event was last emitted */
     QEMUTimer *timer;   /* Timer for handling delayed events */
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ QemuMutex monitor_event_state_lock;
  * Emits the event to every monitor instance
  */
 static void
-monitor_protocol_event_emit(MonitorEvent event,
+monitor_protocol_event_emit(QEvent event,
                             QObject *data)
 {
     Monitor *mon;
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ monitor_protocol_event_emit(MonitorEvent event,
  * applying any rate limiting if required.
  */
 static void
-monitor_protocol_event_queue(MonitorEvent event,
+monitor_protocol_event_queue(QEvent event,
                              QObject *data)
 {
     MonitorEventState *evstate;
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static void monitor_protocol_event_handler(void *opaque)
  * milliseconds
  */
 static void
-monitor_protocol_event_throttle(MonitorEvent event,
+monitor_protocol_event_throttle(QEvent event,
                                 int64_t rate)
 {
     MonitorEventState *evstate;
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static void monitor_protocol_event_init(void)
  *
  * Event-specific data can be emitted through the (optional) 'data' parameter.
  */
-void monitor_protocol_event(MonitorEvent event, QObject *data)
+void monitor_protocol_event(QEvent event, QObject *data)
 {
     QDict *qmp;
     const char *event_name;
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ CommandInfoList *qmp_query_commands(Error **errp)
 EventInfoList *qmp_query_events(Error **errp)
 {
     EventInfoList *info, *ev_list = NULL;
-    MonitorEvent e;
+    QEvent e;
 
     for (e = 0 ; e < QEVENT_MAX ; e++) {
         const char *event_name = monitor_event_names[e];
diff --git a/stubs/mon-protocol-event.c b/stubs/mon-protocol-event.c
index 0946e94..e769729 100644
--- a/stubs/mon-protocol-event.c
+++ b/stubs/mon-protocol-event.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 
-void monitor_protocol_event(MonitorEvent event, QObject *data)
+void monitor_protocol_event(QEvent event, QObject *data)
 {
 }
diff --git a/ui/vnc.c b/ui/vnc.c
index 5601cc3..47fda54 100644
--- a/ui/vnc.c
+++ b/ui/vnc.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static void vnc_client_cache_addr(VncState *client)
     client->info = QOBJECT(qdict);
 }
 
-static void vnc_qmp_event(VncState *vs, MonitorEvent event)
+static void vnc_qmp_event(VncState *vs, QEvent event)
 {
     QDict *server;
     QObject *data;
