diff --git a/cmds/device.c b/cmds/device.c
index 5c96a1e6..54b0309a 100644
--- a/cmds/device.c
+++ b/cmds/device.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int _cmd_device_remove(const struct cmd_struct *cmd,
 			argv2.devid = arg_strtou64(argv[i]);
 			argv2.flags = BTRFS_DEVICE_SPEC_BY_ID;
 			is_devid = 1;
-		} else if (is_block_device(argv[i]) == 1 ||
+		} else if (path_is_block_device(argv[i]) == 1 ||
 				strcmp(argv[i], "missing") == 0) {
 			strncpy_null(argv2.name, argv[i]);
 		} else {
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int cmd_device_scan(const struct cmd_struct *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 	for( i = devstart ; i < argc ; i++ ){
 		char *path;
 
-		if (is_block_device(argv[i]) != 1) {
+		if (path_is_block_device(argv[i]) != 1) {
 			error("not a block device: %s", argv[i]);
 			ret = 1;
 			goto out;
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static int cmd_device_ready(const struct cmd_struct *cmd, int argc, char **argv)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (is_block_device(path) != 1) {
+	if (path_is_block_device(path) != 1) {
 		error("not a block device: %s", path);
 		ret = 1;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/cmds/replace.c b/cmds/replace.c
index 017a22aa..2f59af45 100644
--- a/cmds/replace.c
+++ b/cmds/replace.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static int cmd_replace_start(const struct cmd_struct *cmd,
 				srcdev, path);
 			goto leave_with_error;
 		}
-	} else if (is_block_device(srcdev) > 0) {
+	} else if (path_is_block_device(srcdev) > 0) {
 		strncpy((char *)start_args.start.srcdev_name, srcdev,
 			BTRFS_DEVICE_PATH_NAME_MAX);
 		start_args.start.srcdevid = 0;
diff --git a/common/path-utils.c b/common/path-utils.c
index 6a0053df..62492610 100644
--- a/common/path-utils.c
+++ b/common/path-utils.c
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@
 #include "common/path-utils.h"
 
 /*
- * checks if a path is a block device node
- * Returns negative errno on failure, otherwise
- * returns 1 for blockdev, 0 for not-blockdev
+ * Check if @path is a block device node
+ * Returns:
+ * 1  - path is a block device
+ * 0  - not a block device
+ * <0 - negative errno
  */
-int is_block_device(const char *path)
+int path_is_block_device(const char *path)
 {
 	struct stat statbuf;
 
diff --git a/common/path-utils.h b/common/path-utils.h
index c78714dd..39c32ca4 100644
--- a/common/path-utils.h
+++ b/common/path-utils.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ char *__strncpy_null(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n);
 /* Helper to always get proper size of the destination string */
 #define strncpy_null(dest, src) __strncpy_null(dest, src, sizeof(dest))
 
-int is_block_device(const char *file);
+int path_is_block_device(const char *file);
 int is_mount_point(const char *file);
 int is_path_exist(const char *file);
 int is_reg_file(const char *path);
diff --git a/common/utils.c b/common/utils.c
index 57cb7ba7..f6d53ee4 100644
--- a/common/utils.c
+++ b/common/utils.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ int check_arg_type(const char *input)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (realpath(input, path)) {
-		if (is_block_device(path) == 1)
+		if (path_is_block_device(path) == 1)
 			return BTRFS_ARG_BLKDEV;
 
 		if (is_mount_point(path) == 1)
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ int get_btrfs_mount(const char *dev, char *mp, size_t mp_size)
 	int ret;
 	int fd = -1;
 
-	ret = is_block_device(dev);
+	ret = path_is_block_device(dev);
 	if (ret <= 0) {
 		if (!ret) {
 			error("not a block device: %s", dev);
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ int open_path_or_dev_mnt(const char *path, DIR **dirstream, int verbose)
 	char mp[PATH_MAX];
 	int ret;
 
-	if (is_block_device(path)) {
+	if (path_is_block_device(path)) {
 		ret = get_btrfs_mount(path, mp, sizeof(mp));
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			/* not a mounted btrfs dev */
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ int get_fs_info(const char *path, struct btrfs_ioctl_fs_info_args *fi_args,
 
 	memset(fi_args, 0, sizeof(*fi_args));
 
-	if (is_block_device(path) == 1) {
+	if (path_is_block_device(path) == 1) {
 		struct btrfs_super_block *disk_super;
 		char buf[BTRFS_SUPER_INFO_SIZE];
 
diff --git a/mkfs/main.c b/mkfs/main.c
index 52f82ba8..3ea1fd17 100644
--- a/mkfs/main.c
+++ b/mkfs/main.c
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		file = argv[optind++];
 		if (source_dir_set && is_path_exist(file) == 0)
 			ret = 0;
-		else if (is_block_device(file) == 1)
+		else if (path_is_block_device(file) == 1)
 			ret = test_dev_for_mkfs(file, force_overwrite);
 		else
 			ret = test_status_for_mkfs(file, force_overwrite);
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ out:
 		dev_cnt = argc - optind;
 		while (dev_cnt-- > 0) {
 			file = argv[optind++];
-			if (is_block_device(file) == 1)
+			if (path_is_block_device(file) == 1)
 				btrfs_register_one_device(file);
 		}
 	}