diff --git a/lib/bdev/aio/blockdev_aio_rpc.c b/lib/bdev/aio/blockdev_aio_rpc.c
index a0299b9c5..400e0b9d6 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/aio/blockdev_aio_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/aio/blockdev_aio_rpc.c
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_construct_aio_decoders[] = {
 };
 
 static void
-spdk_rpc_construct_aio_lun(struct spdk_jsonrpc_server_conn *conn,
-			   const struct spdk_json_val *params,
-			   const struct spdk_json_val *id)
+spdk_rpc_construct_aio_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_server_conn *conn,
+			    const struct spdk_json_val *params,
+			    const struct spdk_json_val *id)
 {
 	struct rpc_construct_aio req = {};
 	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ invalid:
 	spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(conn, id, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS, "Invalid parameters");
 	free_rpc_construct_aio(&req);
 }
-SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("construct_aio_lun", spdk_rpc_construct_aio_lun)
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("construct_aio_bdev", spdk_rpc_construct_aio_bdev)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index f5b2a6762..66bede70d 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ p.add_argument('block_size', help='Block size for this bdev', type=int)
 p.set_defaults(func=construct_malloc_bdev)
 
 
-def construct_aio_lun(args):
+def construct_aio_bdev(args):
     params = {'fname': args.fname}
-    jsonrpc_call('construct_aio_lun', params)
+    jsonrpc_call('construct_aio_bdev', params)
 
-p = subparsers.add_parser('construct_aio_lun', help='Add a LUN with aio backend')
+p = subparsers.add_parser('construct_aio_bdev', help='Add a bdev with aio backend')
 p.add_argument('fname', help='Path to device or file (ex: /dev/sda)')
-p.set_defaults(func=construct_aio_lun)
+p.set_defaults(func=construct_aio_bdev)
 
 def construct_nvme_bdev(args):
     params = {'pci_address': args.pci_address}