diff --git a/include/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.h b/include/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.h
index 4e9904f1a6..d3fa5ed29b 100644
--- a/include/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include <xen/hvm/ioreq.h>
 
-extern MemoryRegion ram_memory;
+extern MemoryRegion xen_memory;
 extern MemoryListener xen_io_listener;
 extern DeviceListener xen_device_listener;
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/xen_arm.c b/hw/arm/xen_arm.c
index a5631529d0..8a185da193 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xen_arm.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xen_arm.c
@@ -111,17 +111,17 @@ static void xen_init_ram(MachineState *machine)
         block_len = GUEST_RAM1_BASE + ram_size[1];
     }
 
-    memory_region_init_ram(&ram_memory, NULL, "xen.ram", block_len,
+    memory_region_init_ram(&xen_memory, NULL, "xen.ram", block_len,
                            &error_fatal);
 
-    memory_region_init_alias(&ram_lo, NULL, "xen.ram.lo", &ram_memory,
+    memory_region_init_alias(&ram_lo, NULL, "xen.ram.lo", &xen_memory,
                              GUEST_RAM0_BASE, ram_size[0]);
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, GUEST_RAM0_BASE, &ram_lo);
     DPRINTF("Initialized region xen.ram.lo: base 0x%llx size 0x%lx\n",
             GUEST_RAM0_BASE, ram_size[0]);
 
     if (ram_size[1] > 0) {
-        memory_region_init_alias(&ram_hi, NULL, "xen.ram.hi", &ram_memory,
+        memory_region_init_alias(&ram_hi, NULL, "xen.ram.hi", &xen_memory,
                                  GUEST_RAM1_BASE, ram_size[1]);
         memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, GUEST_RAM1_BASE, &ram_hi);
         DPRINTF("Initialized region xen.ram.hi: base 0x%llx size 0x%lx\n",
diff --git a/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c b/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
index f42621e674..1ae943370b 100644
--- a/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
+++ b/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ static void xen_ram_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
          */
         block_len = (4 * GiB) + x86ms->above_4g_mem_size;
     }
-    memory_region_init_ram(&ram_memory, NULL, "xen.ram", block_len,
+    memory_region_init_ram(&xen_memory, NULL, "xen.ram", block_len,
                            &error_fatal);
-    *ram_memory_p = &ram_memory;
+    *ram_memory_p = &xen_memory;
 
     memory_region_init_alias(&ram_640k, NULL, "xen.ram.640k",
-                             &ram_memory, 0, 0xa0000);
+                             &xen_memory, 0, 0xa0000);
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0, &ram_640k);
     /* Skip of the VGA IO memory space, it will be registered later by the VGA
      * emulated device.
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ static void xen_ram_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
      * the Options ROM, so it is registered here as RAM.
      */
     memory_region_init_alias(&ram_lo, NULL, "xen.ram.lo",
-                             &ram_memory, 0xc0000,
+                             &xen_memory, 0xc0000,
                              x86ms->below_4g_mem_size - 0xc0000);
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0xc0000, &ram_lo);
     if (x86ms->above_4g_mem_size > 0) {
         memory_region_init_alias(&ram_hi, NULL, "xen.ram.hi",
-                                 &ram_memory, 0x100000000ULL,
+                                 &xen_memory, 0x100000000ULL,
                                  x86ms->above_4g_mem_size);
         memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0x100000000ULL, &ram_hi);
     }
diff --git a/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c b/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c
index 565dc39c8f..cf4053c9f2 100644
--- a/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c
+++ b/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/xen/arch_hvm.h"
 
-MemoryRegion ram_memory;
+MemoryRegion xen_memory;
 
 void xen_ram_alloc(ram_addr_t ram_addr, ram_addr_t size, MemoryRegion *mr,
                    Error **errp)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void xen_ram_alloc(ram_addr_t ram_addr, ram_addr_t size, MemoryRegion *mr,
         return;
     }
 
-    if (mr == &ram_memory) {
+    if (mr == &xen_memory) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static void xen_set_memory(struct MemoryListener *listener,
 {
     XenIOState *state = container_of(listener, XenIOState, memory_listener);
 
-    if (section->mr == &ram_memory) {
+    if (section->mr == &xen_memory) {
         return;
     } else {
         if (add) {
