diff --git a/services/std_svc/sdei/sdei_intr_mgmt.c b/services/std_svc/sdei/sdei_intr_mgmt.c
index 264ab44357f827b3dc051712f4f3e8b8824fda00..a37188ac4473f8056adf460da3341ab46c1f1301 100644
--- a/services/std_svc/sdei/sdei_intr_mgmt.c
+++ b/services/std_svc/sdei/sdei_intr_mgmt.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ int sdei_dispatch_event(int ev_num)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void end_sdei_explicit_dispatch(struct jmpbuf *buffer)
+static void end_sdei_synchronous_dispatch(struct jmpbuf *buffer)
 {
 	longjmp(buffer);
 }
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ int sdei_event_complete(int resume, uint64_t pc)
 	}
 
 	/* End the outstanding dispatch */
-	end_sdei_explicit_dispatch(disp_ctx->dispatch_jmp);
+	end_sdei_synchronous_dispatch(disp_ctx->dispatch_jmp);
 
 	return 0;
 }