diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index 4ab2cbfd417..0ab82c987c3 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -128,14 +128,20 @@ enum {
 /**
  * DynamicGDBXMLInfo:
  * @desc: Contains the XML descriptions.
- * @num_cpregs: Number of the Coprocessor registers seen by GDB.
- * @cpregs_keys: Array that contains the corresponding Key of
- * a given cpreg with the same order of the cpreg in the XML description.
+ * @num: Number of the registers in this XML seen by GDB.
+ * @data: A union with data specific to the set of registers
+ *    @cpregs_keys: Array that contains the corresponding Key of
+ *                  a given cpreg with the same order of the cpreg
+ *                  in the XML description.
  */
 typedef struct DynamicGDBXMLInfo {
     char *desc;
-    int num_cpregs;
-    uint32_t *cpregs_keys;
+    int num;
+    union {
+        struct {
+            uint32_t *keys;
+        } cpregs;
+    } data;
 } DynamicGDBXMLInfo;
 
 /* CPU state for each instance of a generic timer (in cp15 c14) */
@@ -749,7 +755,7 @@ struct ARMCPU {
     uint64_t *cpreg_vmstate_values;
     int32_t cpreg_vmstate_array_len;
 
-    DynamicGDBXMLInfo dyn_xml;
+    DynamicGDBXMLInfo dyn_sysreg_xml;
 
     /* Timers used by the generic (architected) timer */
     QEMUTimer *gt_timer[NUM_GTIMERS];
@@ -974,7 +980,7 @@ int arm_cpu_gdb_write_register(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *buf, int reg);
 /* Dynamically generates for gdb stub an XML description of the sysregs from
  * the cp_regs hashtable. Returns the registered sysregs number.
  */
-int arm_gen_dynamic_xml(CPUState *cpu);
+int arm_gen_dynamic_sysreg_xml(CPUState *cpu);
 
 /* Returns the dynamically generated XML for the gdb stub.
  * Returns a pointer to the XML contents for the specified XML file or NULL
diff --git a/target/arm/gdbstub.c b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
index 4557775d245..1f68ab98c3b 100644
--- a/target/arm/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
@@ -106,15 +106,15 @@ int arm_cpu_gdb_write_register(CPUState *cs, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void arm_gen_one_xml_reg_tag(GString *s, DynamicGDBXMLInfo *dyn_xml,
-                                    ARMCPRegInfo *ri, uint32_t ri_key,
-                                    int bitsize)
+static void arm_gen_one_xml_sysreg_tag(GString *s, DynamicGDBXMLInfo *dyn_xml,
+                                       ARMCPRegInfo *ri, uint32_t ri_key,
+                                       int bitsize)
 {
     g_string_append_printf(s, "<reg name=\"%s\"", ri->name);
     g_string_append_printf(s, " bitsize=\"%d\"", bitsize);
     g_string_append_printf(s, " group=\"cp_regs\"/>");
-    dyn_xml->num_cpregs++;
-    dyn_xml->cpregs_keys[dyn_xml->num_cpregs - 1] = ri_key;
+    dyn_xml->data.cpregs.keys[dyn_xml->num] = ri_key;
+    dyn_xml->num++;
 }
 
 static void arm_register_sysreg_for_xml(gpointer key, gpointer value,
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ static void arm_register_sysreg_for_xml(gpointer key, gpointer value,
     GString *s = param->s;
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(param->cs);
     CPUARMState *env = &cpu->env;
-    DynamicGDBXMLInfo *dyn_xml = &cpu->dyn_xml;
+    DynamicGDBXMLInfo *dyn_xml = &cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml;
 
     if (!(ri->type & (ARM_CP_NO_RAW | ARM_CP_NO_GDB))) {
         if (arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_AARCH64)) {
             if (ri->state == ARM_CP_STATE_AA64) {
-                arm_gen_one_xml_reg_tag(s , dyn_xml, ri, ri_key, 64);
+                arm_gen_one_xml_sysreg_tag(s , dyn_xml, ri, ri_key, 64);
             }
         } else {
             if (ri->state == ARM_CP_STATE_AA32) {
@@ -140,30 +140,30 @@ static void arm_register_sysreg_for_xml(gpointer key, gpointer value,
                     return;
                 }
                 if (ri->type & ARM_CP_64BIT) {
-                    arm_gen_one_xml_reg_tag(s , dyn_xml, ri, ri_key, 64);
+                    arm_gen_one_xml_sysreg_tag(s , dyn_xml, ri, ri_key, 64);
                 } else {
-                    arm_gen_one_xml_reg_tag(s , dyn_xml, ri, ri_key, 32);
+                    arm_gen_one_xml_sysreg_tag(s , dyn_xml, ri, ri_key, 32);
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-int arm_gen_dynamic_xml(CPUState *cs)
+int arm_gen_dynamic_sysreg_xml(CPUState *cs)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
     GString *s = g_string_new(NULL);
     RegisterSysregXmlParam param = {cs, s};
 
-    cpu->dyn_xml.num_cpregs = 0;
-    cpu->dyn_xml.cpregs_keys = g_new(uint32_t, g_hash_table_size(cpu->cp_regs));
+    cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.num = 0;
+    cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.data.cpregs.keys = g_new(uint32_t, g_hash_table_size(cpu->cp_regs));
     g_string_printf(s, "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");
     g_string_append_printf(s, "<!DOCTYPE target SYSTEM \"gdb-target.dtd\">");
     g_string_append_printf(s, "<feature name=\"org.qemu.gdb.arm.sys.regs\">");
     g_hash_table_foreach(cpu->cp_regs, arm_register_sysreg_for_xml, &param);
     g_string_append_printf(s, "</feature>");
-    cpu->dyn_xml.desc = g_string_free(s, false);
-    return cpu->dyn_xml.num_cpregs;
+    cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.desc = g_string_free(s, false);
+    return cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.num;
 }
 
 const char *arm_gdb_get_dynamic_xml(CPUState *cs, const char *xmlname)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ const char *arm_gdb_get_dynamic_xml(CPUState *cs, const char *xmlname)
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
 
     if (strcmp(xmlname, "system-registers.xml") == 0) {
-        return cpu->dyn_xml.desc;
+        return cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.desc;
     }
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index c0e1ba17272..b0e2a85b005 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int arm_gdb_get_sysreg(CPUARMState *env, GByteArray *buf, int reg)
     const ARMCPRegInfo *ri;
     uint32_t key;
 
-    key = cpu->dyn_xml.cpregs_keys[reg];
+    key = cpu->dyn_sysreg_xml.data.cpregs.keys[reg];
     ri = get_arm_cp_reginfo(cpu->cp_regs, key);
     if (ri) {
         if (cpreg_field_is_64bit(ri)) {
@@ -7973,7 +7973,7 @@ void arm_cpu_register_gdb_regs_for_features(ARMCPU *cpu)
                                  19, "arm-vfp.xml", 0);
     }
     gdb_register_coprocessor(cs, arm_gdb_get_sysreg, arm_gdb_set_sysreg,
-                             arm_gen_dynamic_xml(cs),
+                             arm_gen_dynamic_sysreg_xml(cs),
                              "system-registers.xml", 0);
 }
 
