diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c b/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
index 9e22f896e9..d9764a2603 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ KVM_FEATURE_DEF(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_STIMER,
                 0x40000003, 0x00000008);
 KVM_FEATURE_DEF(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_RELAXED,
                 0x40000003, 0x00000020);
-KVM_FEATURE_DEF(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_SPINLOCK,
+KVM_FEATURE_DEF(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_SPINLOCKS,
                 0x40000003, 0x00000022);
 KVM_FEATURE_DEF(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_VAPIC,
                 0x40000003, 0x00000030);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static virCPUx86Feature x86_kvm_features[] =
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_SYNIC),
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_STIMER),
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_RELAXED),
-    KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_SPINLOCK),
+    KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_SPINLOCKS),
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_VAPIC),
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_VPINDEX),
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_RESET),
diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_x86_data.h b/src/cpu/cpu_x86_data.h
index 4660ab6821..b89110f16c 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_x86_data.h
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_x86_data.h
@@ -49,11 +49,17 @@ struct _virCPUx86CPUID {
 # define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_PV_EOI       "__kvm_pv_eoi"
 # define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_PV_UNHALT    "__kvm_pv_unhalt"
 # define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT "__kvm_clocksource_stable"
+
+/*
+ * The following HyperV feature names suffixes must exactly match corresponding
+ * ones defined for virDomainHyperv in domain_conf.c.
+ * E.g "__kvm_runtime" -> "runtime", "__kvm_hv_spinlocks" -> "spinlocks" etc.
+*/
 # define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_RUNTIME   "__kvm_hv_runtime"
 # define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_SYNIC     "__kvm_hv_synic"
 # define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_STIMER    "__kvm_hv_stimer"
 # define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_RELAXED   "__kvm_hv_relaxed"
-# define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_SPINLOCK  "__kvm_hv_spinlock"
+# define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_SPINLOCKS  "__kvm_hv_spinlocks"
 # define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_VAPIC     "__kvm_hv_vapic"
 # define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_VPINDEX   "__kvm_hv_vpindex"
 # define VIR_CPU_x86_KVM_HV_RESET     "__kvm_hv_reset"