diff --git a/docs/hyperv.txt b/docs/hyperv.txt
index 6518b71..5df00da 100644
--- a/docs/hyperv.txt
+++ b/docs/hyperv.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 ======================
 Enables paravirtualized spinlocks. The parameter indicates how many times
 spinlock acquisition should be attempted before indicating the situation to the
-hypervisor. A special value 0xffffffff indicates "never to retry".
+hypervisor. A special value 0xffffffff indicates "never notify".
 
 3.4. hv-vpindex
 ================
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 49d8958..37725bd 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -7263,7 +7263,7 @@
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("pmu", X86CPU, enable_pmu, false),
 
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("hv-spinlocks", X86CPU, hyperv_spinlock_attempts,
-                       HYPERV_SPINLOCK_NEVER_RETRY),
+                       HYPERV_SPINLOCK_NEVER_NOTIFY),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT64("hv-relaxed", X86CPU, hyperv_features,
                       HYPERV_FEAT_RELAXED, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT64("hv-vapic", X86CPU, hyperv_features,
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
index d3097be..f519d2b 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
@@ -991,8 +991,8 @@
 #define HYPERV_FEAT_IPI                 13
 #define HYPERV_FEAT_STIMER_DIRECT       14
 
-#ifndef HYPERV_SPINLOCK_NEVER_RETRY
-#define HYPERV_SPINLOCK_NEVER_RETRY             0xFFFFFFFF
+#ifndef HYPERV_SPINLOCK_NEVER_NOTIFY
+#define HYPERV_SPINLOCK_NEVER_NOTIFY             0xFFFFFFFF
 #endif
 
 #define EXCP00_DIVZ	0
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
index d87af57..9efb07e 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
 {
     CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
     return kvm_check_extension(cs->kvm_state, KVM_CAP_HYPERV) > 0 &&
-        ((cpu->hyperv_spinlock_attempts != HYPERV_SPINLOCK_NEVER_RETRY) ||
+        ((cpu->hyperv_spinlock_attempts != HYPERV_SPINLOCK_NEVER_NOTIFY) ||
          cpu->hyperv_features || cpu->hyperv_passthrough);
 }
 
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@
             env->features[FEAT_HV_RECOMM_EAX] = c->eax;
 
             /* hv-spinlocks may have been overriden */
-            if (cpu->hyperv_spinlock_attempts != HYPERV_SPINLOCK_NEVER_RETRY) {
+            if (cpu->hyperv_spinlock_attempts != HYPERV_SPINLOCK_NEVER_NOTIFY) {
                 c->ebx = cpu->hyperv_spinlock_attempts;
             }
         }