diff --git a/libavutil/x86/emms.asm b/libavutil/x86/emms.asm
index 0aad34af3f..8611762d73 100644
--- a/libavutil/x86/emms.asm
+++ b/libavutil/x86/emms.asm
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 SECTION .text
 
 ;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-; void avpriv_emms_yasm(void)
+; void avpriv_emms_asm(void)
 ;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvisible emms_yasm, 0, 0
+cvisible emms_asm, 0, 0
     emms
     RET
diff --git a/libavutil/x86/emms.h b/libavutil/x86/emms.h
index 42c18e2953..c21e34b451 100644
--- a/libavutil/x86/emms.h
+++ b/libavutil/x86/emms.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/attributes.h"
 #include "libavutil/cpu.h"
 
-void avpriv_emms_yasm(void);
+void avpriv_emms_asm(void);
 
 #if HAVE_MMX_INLINE
 #   define emms_c emms_c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static av_always_inline void emms_c(void)
 #   include <mmintrin.h>
 #   define emms_c _mm_empty
 #elif HAVE_MMX_EXTERNAL
-#   define emms_c avpriv_emms_yasm
+#   define emms_c avpriv_emms_asm
 #endif /* HAVE_MMX_INLINE */
 
 #endif /* AVUTIL_X86_EMMS_H */