diff --git a/target/arm/translate.h b/target/arm/translate.h
index c57830126b..9ae76535ad 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate.h
+++ b/target/arm/translate.h
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ void arm_jump_cc(DisasCompare *cmp, TCGLabel *label);
 void arm_gen_test_cc(int cc, TCGLabel *label);
 MemOp pow2_align(unsigned i);
 void unallocated_encoding(DisasContext *s);
-void gen_exception_insn(DisasContext *s, uint64_t pc, int excp,
-                        uint32_t syn, uint32_t target_el);
+void gen_exception_insn_el(DisasContext *s, uint64_t pc, int excp,
+                           uint32_t syn, uint32_t target_el);
 
 /* Return state of Alternate Half-precision flag, caller frees result */
 static inline TCGv_i32 get_ahp_flag(void)
diff --git a/target/arm/translate-a64.c b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
index e752589090..14bc80dba0 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-a64.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
@@ -1161,9 +1161,9 @@ static bool fp_access_check(DisasContext *s)
         assert(!s->fp_access_checked);
         s->fp_access_checked = true;
 
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
-                           syn_fp_access_trap(1, 0xe, false, 0),
-                           s->fp_excp_el);
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
+                              syn_fp_access_trap(1, 0xe, false, 0),
+                              s->fp_excp_el);
         return false;
     }
     s->fp_access_checked = true;
@@ -1179,8 +1179,8 @@ bool sve_access_check(DisasContext *s)
         assert(!s->sve_access_checked);
         s->sve_access_checked = true;
 
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
-                           syn_sve_access_trap(), s->sve_excp_el);
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
+                              syn_sve_access_trap(), s->sve_excp_el);
         return false;
     }
     s->sve_access_checked = true;
@@ -1816,8 +1816,8 @@ static void gen_sysreg_undef(DisasContext *s, bool isread,
     } else {
         syndrome = syn_uncategorized();
     }
-    gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF, syndrome,
-                       default_exception_el(s));
+    gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF, syndrome,
+                          default_exception_el(s));
 }
 
 /* MRS - move from system register
@@ -2069,8 +2069,8 @@ static void disas_exc(DisasContext *s, uint32_t insn)
         switch (op2_ll) {
         case 1:                                                     /* SVC */
             gen_ss_advance(s);
-            gen_exception_insn(s, s->base.pc_next, EXCP_SWI,
-                               syn_aa64_svc(imm16), default_exception_el(s));
+            gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->base.pc_next, EXCP_SWI,
+                                  syn_aa64_svc(imm16), default_exception_el(s));
             break;
         case 2:                                                     /* HVC */
             if (s->current_el == 0) {
@@ -2083,8 +2083,8 @@ static void disas_exc(DisasContext *s, uint32_t insn)
             gen_a64_set_pc_im(s->pc_curr);
             gen_helper_pre_hvc(cpu_env);
             gen_ss_advance(s);
-            gen_exception_insn(s, s->base.pc_next, EXCP_HVC,
-                               syn_aa64_hvc(imm16), 2);
+            gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->base.pc_next, EXCP_HVC,
+                                  syn_aa64_hvc(imm16), 2);
             break;
         case 3:                                                     /* SMC */
             if (s->current_el == 0) {
@@ -2094,8 +2094,8 @@ static void disas_exc(DisasContext *s, uint32_t insn)
             gen_a64_set_pc_im(s->pc_curr);
             gen_helper_pre_smc(cpu_env, tcg_constant_i32(syn_aa64_smc(imm16)));
             gen_ss_advance(s);
-            gen_exception_insn(s, s->base.pc_next, EXCP_SMC,
-                               syn_aa64_smc(imm16), 3);
+            gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->base.pc_next, EXCP_SMC,
+                                  syn_aa64_smc(imm16), 3);
             break;
         default:
             unallocated_encoding(s);
@@ -14725,8 +14725,8 @@ static void aarch64_tr_translate_insn(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cpu)
          * Illegal execution state. This has priority over BTI
          * exceptions, but comes after instruction abort exceptions.
          */
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
-                           syn_illegalstate(), default_exception_el(s));
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
+                              syn_illegalstate(), default_exception_el(s));
         return;
     }
 
@@ -14757,9 +14757,9 @@ static void aarch64_tr_translate_insn(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cpu)
             if (s->btype != 0
                 && s->guarded_page
                 && !btype_destination_ok(insn, s->bt, s->btype)) {
-                gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
-                                   syn_btitrap(s->btype),
-                                   default_exception_el(s));
+                gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
+                                      syn_btitrap(s->btype),
+                                      default_exception_el(s));
                 return;
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/target/arm/translate-m-nocp.c b/target/arm/translate-m-nocp.c
index 27363a7b4e..636bfb1788 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-m-nocp.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate-m-nocp.c
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ static bool trans_VSCCLRM(DisasContext *s, arg_VSCCLRM *a)
     tcg_gen_brcondi_i32(TCG_COND_EQ, sfpa, 0, s->condlabel);
 
     if (s->fp_excp_el != 0) {
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_NOCP,
-                           syn_uncategorized(), s->fp_excp_el);
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_NOCP,
+                              syn_uncategorized(), s->fp_excp_el);
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static bool gen_M_fp_sysreg_write(DisasContext *s, int regno,
         if (!vfp_access_check_m(s, true)) {
             /*
              * This was only a conditional exception, so override
-             * gen_exception_insn()'s default to DISAS_NORETURN
+             * gen_exception_insn_el()'s default to DISAS_NORETURN
              */
             s->base.is_jmp = DISAS_NEXT;
             break;
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static bool gen_M_fp_sysreg_read(DisasContext *s, int regno,
         if (!vfp_access_check_m(s, true)) {
             /*
              * This was only a conditional exception, so override
-             * gen_exception_insn()'s default to DISAS_NORETURN
+             * gen_exception_insn_el()'s default to DISAS_NORETURN
              */
             s->base.is_jmp = DISAS_NEXT;
             break;
@@ -765,14 +765,14 @@ static bool trans_NOCP(DisasContext *s, arg_nocp *a)
     }
 
     if (a->cp != 10) {
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_NOCP,
-                           syn_uncategorized(), default_exception_el(s));
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_NOCP,
+                              syn_uncategorized(), default_exception_el(s));
         return true;
     }
 
     if (s->fp_excp_el != 0) {
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_NOCP,
-                           syn_uncategorized(), s->fp_excp_el);
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_NOCP,
+                              syn_uncategorized(), s->fp_excp_el);
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/target/arm/translate-mve.c b/target/arm/translate-mve.c
index 4267d43cc7..5aec2a1555 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-mve.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate-mve.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ bool mve_eci_check(DisasContext *s)
         return true;
     default:
         /* Reserved value: INVSTATE UsageFault */
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_INVSTATE, syn_uncategorized(),
-                           default_exception_el(s));
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_INVSTATE, syn_uncategorized(),
+                              default_exception_el(s));
         return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/target/arm/translate-vfp.c b/target/arm/translate-vfp.c
index 0f797c56fd..82fdbcae53 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-vfp.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate-vfp.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static bool vfp_access_check_a(DisasContext *s, bool ignore_vfp_enabled)
         int coproc = arm_dc_feature(s, ARM_FEATURE_V8) ? 0 : 0xa;
         uint32_t syn = syn_fp_access_trap(1, 0xe, false, coproc);
 
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF, syn, s->fp_excp_el);
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF, syn, s->fp_excp_el);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ bool vfp_access_check_m(DisasContext *s, bool skip_context_update)
          * the encoding space handled by the patterns in m-nocp.decode,
          * and for them we may need to raise NOCP here.
          */
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_NOCP,
-                           syn_uncategorized(), s->fp_excp_el);
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_NOCP,
+                              syn_uncategorized(), s->fp_excp_el);
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/target/arm/translate.c b/target/arm/translate.c
index 9cb31663dd..44f462a3a3 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate.c
@@ -1100,8 +1100,8 @@ static void gen_exception_insn_el_v(DisasContext *s, uint64_t pc, int excp,
     s->base.is_jmp = DISAS_NORETURN;
 }
 
-void gen_exception_insn(DisasContext *s, uint64_t pc, int excp,
-                        uint32_t syn, uint32_t target_el)
+void gen_exception_insn_el(DisasContext *s, uint64_t pc, int excp,
+                           uint32_t syn, uint32_t target_el)
 {
     gen_exception_insn_el_v(s, pc, excp, syn, tcg_constant_i32(target_el));
 }
@@ -1117,8 +1117,8 @@ static void gen_exception_bkpt_insn(DisasContext *s, uint32_t syn)
 void unallocated_encoding(DisasContext *s)
 {
     /* Unallocated and reserved encodings are uncategorized */
-    gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF, syn_uncategorized(),
-                       default_exception_el(s));
+    gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF, syn_uncategorized(),
+                          default_exception_el(s));
 }
 
 /* Force a TB lookup after an instruction that changes the CPU state.  */
@@ -2869,8 +2869,8 @@ static bool msr_banked_access_decode(DisasContext *s, int r, int sysm, int rn,
 
 undef:
     /* If we get here then some access check did not pass */
-    gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
-                       syn_uncategorized(), exc_target);
+    gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
+                          syn_uncategorized(), exc_target);
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -5094,7 +5094,8 @@ static void gen_srs(DisasContext *s,
      * For the UNPREDICTABLE cases we choose to UNDEF.
      */
     if (s->current_el == 1 && !s->ns && mode == ARM_CPU_MODE_MON) {
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF, syn_uncategorized(), 3);
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
+                              syn_uncategorized(), 3);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -8479,8 +8480,8 @@ static bool trans_WLS(DisasContext *s, arg_WLS *a)
          * Do the check-and-raise-exception by hand.
          */
         if (s->fp_excp_el) {
-            gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_NOCP,
-                               syn_uncategorized(), s->fp_excp_el);
+            gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_NOCP,
+                                  syn_uncategorized(), s->fp_excp_el);
             return true;
         }
     }
@@ -8582,8 +8583,8 @@ static bool trans_LE(DisasContext *s, arg_LE *a)
         tmp = load_cpu_field(v7m.ltpsize);
         tcg_gen_brcondi_i32(TCG_COND_EQ, tmp, 4, skipexc);
         tcg_temp_free_i32(tmp);
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_INVSTATE, syn_uncategorized(),
-                           default_exception_el(s));
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_INVSTATE, syn_uncategorized(),
+                              default_exception_el(s));
         gen_set_label(skipexc);
     }
 
@@ -9053,8 +9054,8 @@ static void disas_arm_insn(DisasContext *s, unsigned int insn)
      * UsageFault exception.
      */
     if (arm_dc_feature(s, ARM_FEATURE_M)) {
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_INVSTATE, syn_uncategorized(),
-                           default_exception_el(s));
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_INVSTATE, syn_uncategorized(),
+                              default_exception_el(s));
         return;
     }
 
@@ -9063,8 +9064,8 @@ static void disas_arm_insn(DisasContext *s, unsigned int insn)
          * Illegal execution state. This has priority over BTI
          * exceptions, but comes after instruction abort exceptions.
          */
-        gen_exception_insn(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
-                           syn_illegalstate(), default_exception_el(s));
+        gen_exception_insn_el(s, s->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
+                              syn_illegalstate(), default_exception_el(s));
         return;
     }
 
@@ -9633,8 +9634,8 @@ static void thumb_tr_translate_insn(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cpu)
          * Illegal execution state. This has priority over BTI
          * exceptions, but comes after instruction abort exceptions.
          */
-        gen_exception_insn(dc, dc->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
-                           syn_illegalstate(), default_exception_el(dc));
+        gen_exception_insn_el(dc, dc->pc_curr, EXCP_UDEF,
+                              syn_illegalstate(), default_exception_el(dc));
         return;
     }
 
@@ -9707,8 +9708,8 @@ static void thumb_tr_translate_insn(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cpu)
          */
         tcg_remove_ops_after(dc->insn_eci_rewind);
         dc->condjmp = 0;
-        gen_exception_insn(dc, dc->pc_curr, EXCP_INVSTATE, syn_uncategorized(),
-                           default_exception_el(dc));
+        gen_exception_insn_el(dc, dc->pc_curr, EXCP_INVSTATE, syn_uncategorized(),
+                              default_exception_el(dc));
     }
 
     arm_post_translate_insn(dc);
