diff --git a/tests/qtest/ahci-test.c b/tests/qtest/ahci-test.c
index 5e1954852e..d42ebaeb4c 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/ahci-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/ahci-test.c
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ static void test_atapi_tray(void)
     qtest_qmp_send(ahci->parent->qts, "{'execute': 'blockdev-open-tray', "
                     "'arguments': {'id': 'cd0'}}");
     atapi_wait_tray(ahci, true);
-    rsp = qtest_qmp_receive(ahci->parent->qts);
+    rsp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(ahci->parent->qts);
     qobject_unref(rsp);
 
     qmp_discard_response(ahci->parent->qts,
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ static void test_atapi_tray(void)
     qtest_qmp_send(ahci->parent->qts, "{'execute': 'blockdev-close-tray', "
                    "'arguments': {'id': 'cd0'}}");
     atapi_wait_tray(ahci, false);
-    rsp = qtest_qmp_receive(ahci->parent->qts);
+    rsp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(ahci->parent->qts);
     qobject_unref(rsp);
 
     /* Now, to convince ATAPI we understand the media has changed... */
diff --git a/tests/qtest/device-plug-test.c b/tests/qtest/device-plug-test.c
index 9214892741..a2247856be 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/device-plug-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/device-plug-test.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static void device_del_start(QTestState *qtest, const char *id)
 
 static void device_del_finish(QTestState *qtest)
 {
-    QDict *resp = qtest_qmp_receive(qtest);
+    QDict *resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qtest);
 
     g_assert(qdict_haskey(resp, "return"));
     qobject_unref(resp);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/drive_del-test.c b/tests/qtest/drive_del-test.c
index 2d765865ce..ba0cd77445 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/drive_del-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/drive_del-test.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static void device_del(QTestState *qts)
     /* Complication: ignore DEVICE_DELETED event */
     qmp_discard_response(qts, "{'execute': 'device_del',"
                          " 'arguments': { 'id': 'dev0' } }");
-    response = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+    response = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
     g_assert(response);
     g_assert(qdict_haskey(response, "return"));
     qobject_unref(response);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqos/libqtest.h b/tests/qtest/libqos/libqtest.h
index a6ee1654f2..a41135fc92 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqos/libqtest.h
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqos/libqtest.h
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ void qtest_qmp_vsend(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
     GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 0);
 
 /**
- * qtest_receive:
+ * qtest_qmp_receive_dict:
  * @s: #QTestState instance to operate on.
  *
  * Reads a QMP message from QEMU and returns the response.
  */
-QDict *qtest_qmp_receive(QTestState *s);
+QDict *qtest_qmp_receive_dict(QTestState *s);
 
 /**
  * qtest_qmp_eventwait:
diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
index 58f58e1ece..dadc465825 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ QTestState *qtest_init(const char *extra_args)
     QDict *greeting;
 
     /* Read the QMP greeting and then do the handshake */
-    greeting = qtest_qmp_receive(s);
+    greeting = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(s);
     qobject_unref(greeting);
     qobject_unref(qtest_qmp(s, "{ 'execute': 'qmp_capabilities' }"));
 
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ QDict *qmp_fd_receive(int fd)
     return qmp.response;
 }
 
-QDict *qtest_qmp_receive(QTestState *s)
+QDict *qtest_qmp_receive_dict(QTestState *s)
 {
     return qmp_fd_receive(s->qmp_fd);
 }
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ QDict *qtest_vqmp_fds(QTestState *s, int *fds, size_t fds_num,
     qtest_qmp_vsend_fds(s, fds, fds_num, fmt, ap);
 
     /* Receive reply */
-    return qtest_qmp_receive(s);
+    return qtest_qmp_receive_dict(s);
 }
 
 QDict *qtest_vqmp(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ QDict *qtest_vqmp(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
     qtest_qmp_vsend(s, fmt, ap);
 
     /* Receive reply */
-    return qtest_qmp_receive(s);
+    return qtest_qmp_receive_dict(s);
 }
 
 QDict *qmp_fd(int fd, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ QDict *qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref(QTestState *s, const char *event)
     QDict *response;
 
     for (;;) {
-        response = qtest_qmp_receive(s);
+        response = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(s);
         if ((qdict_haskey(response, "event")) &&
             (strcmp(qdict_get_str(response, "event"), event) == 0)) {
             return response;
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ char *qtest_vhmp(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
     while (ret == NULL && qdict_get_try_str(resp, "event")) {
         /* Ignore asynchronous QMP events */
         qobject_unref(resp);
-        resp = qtest_qmp_receive(s);
+        resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(s);
         ret = g_strdup(qdict_get_try_str(resp, "return"));
     }
     g_assert(ret);
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ QDict *qtest_qmp_receive_success(QTestState *s,
     const char *event;
 
     for (;;) {
-        response = qtest_qmp_receive(s);
+        response = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(s);
         g_assert(!qdict_haskey(response, "error"));
         ret = qdict_get_qdict(response, "return");
         if (ret) {
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ void qtest_qmp_device_del(QTestState *qts, const char *id)
     rsp = qtest_qmp_receive_success(qts, device_deleted_cb, &got_event);
     qobject_unref(rsp);
     if (!got_event) {
-        rsp = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+        rsp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
         g_assert_cmpstr(qdict_get_try_str(rsp, "event"),
                         ==, "DEVICE_DELETED");
         qobject_unref(rsp);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/pvpanic-test.c b/tests/qtest/pvpanic-test.c
index e57639481e..b0b20ad340 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/pvpanic-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/pvpanic-test.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static void test_panic(void)
 
     qtest_outb(qts, 0x505, 0x1);
 
-    response = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+    response = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
     g_assert(qdict_haskey(response, "event"));
     g_assert_cmpstr(qdict_get_str(response, "event"), ==, "GUEST_PANICKED");
     g_assert(qdict_haskey(response, "data"));
diff --git a/tests/qtest/qmp-test.c b/tests/qtest/qmp-test.c
index e1032c5a21..eb1cd8abb8 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/qmp-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/qmp-test.c
@@ -47,37 +47,37 @@ static void test_malformed(QTestState *qts)
 
     /* syntax error */
     qtest_qmp_send_raw(qts, "{]\n");
-    resp = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+    resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
     qmp_expect_error_and_unref(resp, "GenericError");
     assert_recovered(qts);
 
     /* lexical error: impossible byte outside string */
     qtest_qmp_send_raw(qts, "{\xFF");
-    resp = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+    resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
     qmp_expect_error_and_unref(resp, "GenericError");
     assert_recovered(qts);
 
     /* lexical error: funny control character outside string */
     qtest_qmp_send_raw(qts, "{\x01");
-    resp = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+    resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
     qmp_expect_error_and_unref(resp, "GenericError");
     assert_recovered(qts);
 
     /* lexical error: impossible byte in string */
     qtest_qmp_send_raw(qts, "{'bad \xFF");
-    resp = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+    resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
     qmp_expect_error_and_unref(resp, "GenericError");
     assert_recovered(qts);
 
     /* lexical error: control character in string */
     qtest_qmp_send_raw(qts, "{'execute': 'nonexistent', 'id':'\n");
-    resp = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+    resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
     qmp_expect_error_and_unref(resp, "GenericError");
     assert_recovered(qts);
 
     /* lexical error: interpolation */
     qtest_qmp_send_raw(qts, "%%p");
-    resp = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+    resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
     qmp_expect_error_and_unref(resp, "GenericError");
     assert_recovered(qts);
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static void test_qmp_protocol(void)
     qts = qtest_init_without_qmp_handshake(common_args);
 
     /* Test greeting */
-    resp = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+    resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
     q = qdict_get_qdict(resp, "QMP");
     g_assert(q);
     test_version(qdict_get(q, "version"));
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void send_oob_cmd_that_fails(QTestState *s, const char *id)
 
 static void recv_cmd_id(QTestState *s, const char *id)
 {
-    QDict *resp = qtest_qmp_receive(s);
+    QDict *resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(s);
 
     g_assert_cmpstr(qdict_get_try_str(resp, "id"), ==, id);
     qobject_unref(resp);
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void test_qmp_oob(void)
     qts = qtest_init_without_qmp_handshake(common_args);
 
     /* Check the greeting message. */
-    resp = qtest_qmp_receive(qts);
+    resp = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(qts);
     q = qdict_get_qdict(resp, "QMP");
     g_assert(q);
     capabilities = qdict_get_qlist(q, "capabilities");
