diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index edbc0daa18..abebd0075a 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -780,15 +780,15 @@ static void virtio_write_config(PCIDevice *pci_dev, uint32_t address,
                                                                   pci_cfg_data),
                        sizeof cfg->pci_cfg_data)) {
         uint32_t off;
-        uint32_t len;
+        uint32_t caplen;
 
         cfg = (void *)(proxy->pci_dev.config + proxy->config_cap);
         off = le32_to_cpu(cfg->cap.offset);
-        len = le32_to_cpu(cfg->cap.length);
+        caplen = le32_to_cpu(cfg->cap.length);
 
-        if (len == 1 || len == 2 || len == 4) {
-            assert(len <= sizeof cfg->pci_cfg_data);
-            virtio_address_space_write(proxy, off, cfg->pci_cfg_data, len);
+        if (caplen == 1 || caplen == 2 || caplen == 4) {
+            assert(caplen <= sizeof cfg->pci_cfg_data);
+            virtio_address_space_write(proxy, off, cfg->pci_cfg_data, caplen);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -804,15 +804,15 @@ static uint32_t virtio_read_config(PCIDevice *pci_dev,
                                                                   pci_cfg_data),
                        sizeof cfg->pci_cfg_data)) {
         uint32_t off;
-        uint32_t len;
+        uint32_t caplen;
 
         cfg = (void *)(proxy->pci_dev.config + proxy->config_cap);
         off = le32_to_cpu(cfg->cap.offset);
-        len = le32_to_cpu(cfg->cap.length);
+        caplen = le32_to_cpu(cfg->cap.length);
 
-        if (len == 1 || len == 2 || len == 4) {
-            assert(len <= sizeof cfg->pci_cfg_data);
-            virtio_address_space_read(proxy, off, cfg->pci_cfg_data, len);
+        if (caplen == 1 || caplen == 2 || caplen == 4) {
+            assert(caplen <= sizeof cfg->pci_cfg_data);
+            virtio_address_space_read(proxy, off, cfg->pci_cfg_data, caplen);
         }
     }