diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/include/channel.h b/drivers/staging/unisys/include/channel.h
index 71defbd9d3ce..057421eeb1ae 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/include/channel.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/include/channel.h
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ struct signal_queue_header {
  * is used to pass the EFI_DIAG_CAPTURE_PROTOCOL needed to log messages.
  */
 static inline int
-spar_check_channel_client(struct channel_header *ch,
-			  uuid_le expected_uuid,
-			  char *chname,
-			  u64 expected_min_bytes,
-			  u32 expected_version,
-			  u64 expected_signature)
+spar_check_channel(struct channel_header *ch,
+		   uuid_le expected_uuid,
+		   char *chname,
+		   u64 expected_min_bytes,
+		   u32 expected_version,
+		   u64 expected_signature)
 {
 	if (uuid_le_cmp(expected_uuid, NULL_UUID_LE) != 0) {
 		/* caller wants us to verify type GUID */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/include/iochannel.h b/drivers/staging/unisys/include/iochannel.h
index 5d8a500550f6..9bde848a321c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/include/iochannel.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/include/iochannel.h
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@
 #define ULTRA_VSWITCH_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID 1
 
 #define SPAR_VHBA_CHANNEL_OK_CLIENT(ch) \
-	(spar_check_channel_client(ch, spar_vhba_channel_protocol_uuid, \
-				   "vhba", MIN_IO_CHANNEL_SIZE,	\
-				   ULTRA_VHBA_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID, \
-				   ULTRA_VHBA_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE))
+	(spar_check_channel(ch, spar_vhba_channel_protocol_uuid, \
+			    "vhba", MIN_IO_CHANNEL_SIZE,	\
+			    ULTRA_VHBA_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID, \
+			    ULTRA_VHBA_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE))
 
 #define SPAR_VNIC_CHANNEL_OK_CLIENT(ch) \
-	(spar_check_channel_client(ch, spar_vnic_channel_protocol_uuid, \
-				   "vnic", MIN_IO_CHANNEL_SIZE,	\
-				   ULTRA_VNIC_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID, \
-				   ULTRA_VNIC_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE))
+	(spar_check_channel(ch, spar_vnic_channel_protocol_uuid, \
+			    "vnic", MIN_IO_CHANNEL_SIZE,	\
+			    ULTRA_VNIC_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID, \
+			    ULTRA_VNIC_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE))
 
 /*
  * Everything necessary to handle SCSI & NIC traffic between Guest Partition and
diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/controlvmchannel.h b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/controlvmchannel.h
index e66d1540dfe2..274f72422166 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/controlvmchannel.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/controlvmchannel.h
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 #define ULTRA_CONTROLVM_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID 1
 
 #define SPAR_CONTROLVM_CHANNEL_OK_CLIENT(ch) \
-	(spar_check_channel_client(ch, \
-		SPAR_CONTROLVM_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_UUID, \
-		"controlvm", \
-		sizeof(struct spar_controlvm_channel_protocol), \
-		ULTRA_CONTROLVM_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID, \
-		ULTRA_CONTROLVM_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE))
+	(spar_check_channel(ch, \
+			    SPAR_CONTROLVM_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_UUID, \
+			    "controlvm", \
+			    sizeof(struct spar_controlvm_channel_protocol), \
+			    ULTRA_CONTROLVM_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID, \
+			    ULTRA_CONTROLVM_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE))
 
 /* Defines for various channel queues */
 #define CONTROLVM_QUEUE_REQUEST	 0
diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c
index 8b434b0d73b8..6f3bbe55f416 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorbus_main.c
@@ -699,13 +699,12 @@ static int
 get_vbus_header_info(struct visorchannel *chan,
 		     struct spar_vbus_headerinfo *hdr_info)
 {
-	if (!spar_check_channel_client(visorchannel_get_header(chan),
-				       spar_vbus_channel_protocol_uuid,
-				       "vbus",
-				       sizeof
-					    (struct spar_vbus_channel_protocol),
-				       SPAR_VBUS_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID,
-				       SPAR_VBUS_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE))
+	if (!spar_check_channel(visorchannel_get_header(chan),
+				spar_vbus_channel_protocol_uuid,
+				"vbus",
+				sizeof(struct spar_vbus_channel_protocol),
+				SPAR_VBUS_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID,
+				SPAR_VBUS_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (visorchannel_read(chan, sizeof(struct channel_header), hdr_info,