diff --git a/qemu/include/qemu/cutils.h b/qemu/include/qemu/cutils.h
index d55afd18..4cf6bea6 100644
--- a/qemu/include/qemu/cutils.h
+++ b/qemu/include/qemu/cutils.h
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ int qemu_strtou64(const char *nptr, const char **endptr, int base,
 int64_t qemu_strtosz(const char *nptr, char **end);
 int64_t qemu_strtosz_suffix(const char *nptr, char **end,
                             const char default_suffix);
-int64_t qemu_strtosz_suffix_unit(const char *nptr, char **end,
-                            const char default_suffix, int64_t unit);
+int64_t qemu_strtosz_metric(const char *nptr, char **end);
+
 #define K_BYTE     (1ULL << 10)
 #define M_BYTE     (1ULL << 20)
 #define G_BYTE     (1ULL << 30)
diff --git a/qemu/target/i386/cpu.c b/qemu/target/i386/cpu.c
index f309da65..d3749f37 100644
--- a/qemu/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/qemu/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -2184,8 +2184,7 @@ static void x86_cpu_parse_featurestr(CPUState *cs, char *features,
             int64_t tsc_freq;
             char *err;
 
-            tsc_freq = qemu_strtosz_suffix_unit(val, &err,
-                                           QEMU_STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_B, 1000);
+            tsc_freq = qemu_strtosz_metric(val, &err);
             if (tsc_freq < 0 || *err) {
                 error_setg(errp, "bad numerical value %s", val);
                 return;
diff --git a/qemu/util/cutils.c b/qemu/util/cutils.c
index 499c91fb..1cbb749a 100644
--- a/qemu/util/cutils.c
+++ b/qemu/util/cutils.c
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ static int64_t suffix_mul(char suffix, int64_t unit)
  * in *end, if not NULL. Return -ERANGE on overflow, Return -EINVAL on
  * other error.
  */
-int64_t qemu_strtosz_suffix_unit(const char *nptr, char **end,
-                                 const char default_suffix, int64_t unit)
+static int64_t do_strtosz(const char *nptr, char **end,
+                          const char default_suffix, int64_t unit)
 {
     int64_t retval = -EINVAL;
     char *endptr;
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ fail:
 int64_t qemu_strtosz_suffix(const char *nptr, char **end,
                             const char default_suffix)
 {
-    return qemu_strtosz_suffix_unit(nptr, end, default_suffix, 1024);
+    return do_strtosz(nptr, end, default_suffix, 1024);
 }
 
 int64_t qemu_strtosz(const char *nptr, char **end)
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ int64_t qemu_strtosz(const char *nptr, char **end)
     return qemu_strtosz_suffix(nptr, end, QEMU_STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_MB);
 }
 
+int64_t qemu_strtosz_metric(const char *nptr, char **end)
+{
+    return do_strtosz(nptr, end, QEMU_STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_B, 1000);
+}
+
 /**
  * Helper function for error checking after strtol() and the like
  */