diff --git a/libavformat/network.c b/libavformat/network.c
index f752efc411..5d0d05c5f1 100644
--- a/libavformat/network.c
+++ b/libavformat/network.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int ff_network_wait_fd(int fd, int write)
     struct pollfd p = { .fd = fd, .events = ev, .revents = 0 };
     int ret;
     ret = poll(&p, 1, POLLING_TIME);
-    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : p.revents & (ev | POLLERR | POLLHUP) ? 0 : AVERROR(EAGAIN);
+    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterror() : p.revents & (ev | POLLERR | POLLHUP) ? 0 : AVERROR(EAGAIN);
 }
 
 int ff_network_wait_fd_timeout(int fd, int write, int64_t timeout, AVIOInterruptCB *int_cb)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void ff_network_close(void)
 }
 
 #if HAVE_WINSOCK2_H
-int ff_neterrno(void)
+int ff_neterror(void)
 {
     int err = WSAGetLastError();
     switch (err) {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int ff_poll_interrupt(struct pollfd *p, nfds_t nfds, int timeout,
         ret = poll(p, nfds, POLLING_TIME);
         if (ret != 0) {
             if (ret < 0)
-                ret = ff_neterrno();
+                ret = ff_neterror();
             if (ret == AVERROR(EINTR))
                 continue;
             break;
@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@ int ff_listen(int fd, const struct sockaddr *addr,
     }
     ret = bind(fd, addr, addrlen);
     if (ret)
-        return ff_neterrno();
+        return ff_neterror();
 
     ret = listen(fd, 1);
     if (ret)
-        return ff_neterrno();
+        return ff_neterror();
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int ff_accept(int fd, int timeout, URLContext *h)
 
     ret = accept(fd, NULL, NULL);
     if (ret < 0)
-        return ff_neterrno();
+        return ff_neterror();
     if (ff_socket_nonblock(ret, 1) < 0)
         av_log(h, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "ff_socket_nonblock failed\n");
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ int ff_listen_connect(int fd, const struct sockaddr *addr,
         av_log(h, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "ff_socket_nonblock failed\n");
 
     while ((ret = connect(fd, addr, addrlen))) {
-        ret = ff_neterrno();
+        ret = ff_neterror();
         switch (ret) {
         case AVERROR(EINTR):
             if (ff_check_interrupt(&h->interrupt_callback))
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ int ff_listen_connect(int fd, const struct sockaddr *addr,
                 return ret;
             optlen = sizeof(ret);
             if (getsockopt (fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &ret, &optlen))
-                ret = AVUNERROR(ff_neterrno());
+                ret = AVUNERROR(ff_neterror());
             if (ret != 0) {
                 char errbuf[100];
                 ret = AVERROR(ret);
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int start_connect_attempt(struct ConnectionAttempt *attempt,
 
     attempt->fd = ff_socket(ai->ai_family, ai->ai_socktype, ai->ai_protocol, h);
     if (attempt->fd < 0)
-        return ff_neterrno();
+        return ff_neterror();
     attempt->deadline_us = av_gettime_relative() + timeout_ms * 1000;
     attempt->addr = ai;
 
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static int start_connect_attempt(struct ConnectionAttempt *attempt,
     }
 
     while ((ret = connect(attempt->fd, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen))) {
-        ret = ff_neterrno();
+        ret = ff_neterror();
         switch (ret) {
         case AVERROR(EINTR):
             if (ff_check_interrupt(&h->interrupt_callback)) {
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ int ff_connect_parallel(struct addrinfo *addrs, int timeout_ms_per_address,
                 // a successful connection or an error).
                 optlen = sizeof(last_err);
                 if (getsockopt(attempts[i].fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &last_err, &optlen))
-                    last_err = ff_neterrno();
+                    last_err = ff_neterror();
                 else if (last_err != 0)
                     last_err = AVERROR(last_err);
                 if (last_err == 0) {
@@ -587,6 +587,6 @@ int ff_http_match_no_proxy(const char *no_proxy, const char *hostname)
 void ff_log_net_error(void *ctx, int level, const char* prefix)
 {
     char errbuf[100];
-    av_strerror(ff_neterrno(), errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
+    av_strerror(ff_neterror(), errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
     av_log(ctx, level, "%s: %s\n", prefix, errbuf);
 }
diff --git a/libavformat/network.h b/libavformat/network.h
index 728c20c9bb..f338694212 100644
--- a/libavformat/network.h
+++ b/libavformat/network.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
  * @return platform-specific AVERROR value
  * @note Error is based on WSAGetLastError() (Windows) or `errno` (otherwise)
  */
-int ff_neterrno(void);
+int ff_neterror(void);
 #else
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int ff_neterrno(void);
  * @return platform-specific AVERROR value
  * @note Error is based on WSAGetLastError() (Windows) or `errno` (otherwise)
  */
-#define ff_neterrno() AVERROR(errno)
+#define ff_neterror() AVERROR(errno)
 #endif /* HAVE_WINSOCK2_H */
 
 #if HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpproto.c b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
index b1cdf061f0..e8963307f3 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@ static int rtp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
                 len = recvfrom(p[i].fd, buf, size, 0,
                                 (struct sockaddr *)addrs[i], addr_lens[i]);
                 if (len < 0) {
-                    if (ff_neterrno() == AVERROR(EAGAIN) ||
-                        ff_neterrno() == AVERROR(EINTR))
+                    if (ff_neterror() == AVERROR(EAGAIN) ||
+                        ff_neterror() == AVERROR(EINTR))
                         continue;
                     return AVERROR(EIO);
                 }
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static int rtp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
         } else if (n == 0 && h->rw_timeout > 0 && --runs <= 0) {
             return AVERROR(ETIMEDOUT);
         } else if (n < 0) {
-            if (ff_neterrno() == AVERROR(EINTR))
+            if (ff_neterror() == AVERROR(EINTR))
                 continue;
             return AVERROR(EIO);
         }
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static int rtp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
         ret = sendto(fd, buf, size, 0, (struct sockaddr *) source,
                      *source_len);
 
-        return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
+        return ret < 0 ? ff_neterror() : ret;
     }
 
     if (RTP_PT_IS_RTCP(buf[1])) {
diff --git a/libavformat/sctp.c b/libavformat/sctp.c
index 9d9e90097e..7170a716e7 100644
--- a/libavformat/sctp.c
+++ b/libavformat/sctp.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int sctp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
 restart:
     fd = ff_socket(cur_ai->ai_family, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_SCTP, h);
     if (fd < 0) {
-        ret = ff_neterrno();
+        ret = ff_neterror();
         goto fail;
     }
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ restart:
             av_log(h, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                    "SCTP ERROR: Unable to initialize socket max streams %d\n",
                    s->max_streams);
-            ret = ff_neterrno();
+            ret = ff_neterror();
             goto fail1;
         }
     }
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int sctp_wait_fd(int fd, int write)
     int ret;
 
     ret = poll(&p, 1, 100);
-    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : p.revents & ev ? 0 : AVERROR(EAGAIN);
+    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterror() : p.revents & ev ? 0 : AVERROR(EAGAIN);
 }
 
 static int sctp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static int sctp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
     } else
         ret = recv(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
 
-    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
+    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterror() : ret;
 }
 
 static int sctp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int sctp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
     } else
         ret = send(s->fd, buf, size, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
 
-    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
+    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterror() : ret;
 }
 
 static int sctp_close(URLContext *h)
diff --git a/libavformat/tcp.c b/libavformat/tcp.c
index 755e3af242..2c12ee78ad 100644
--- a/libavformat/tcp.c
+++ b/libavformat/tcp.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int tcp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
                            cur_ai->ai_socktype,
                            cur_ai->ai_protocol, h);
             if (fd < 0) {
-                ret = ff_neterrno();
+                ret = ff_neterror();
                 cur_ai = cur_ai->ai_next;
             }
         }
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int tcp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
     ret = recv(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
     if (ret == 0)
         return AVERROR_EOF;
-    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
+    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterror() : ret;
 }
 
 static int tcp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int tcp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
             return ret;
     }
     ret = send(s->fd, buf, size, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
-    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
+    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterror() : ret;
 }
 
 static int tcp_shutdown(URLContext *h, int flags)
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static int tcp_get_window_size(URLContext *h)
 #endif
 
     if (getsockopt(s->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &avail, &avail_len)) {
-        return ff_neterrno();
+        return ff_neterror();
     }
     return avail;
 }
diff --git a/libavformat/udp.c b/libavformat/udp.c
index c1ebdd1222..aca3ed9ceb 100644
--- a/libavformat/udp.c
+++ b/libavformat/udp.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int udp_set_multicast_ttl(int sockfd, int mcastTTL,
         ff_log_net_error(logctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "setsockopt(IPV4/IPV6 MULTICAST TTL)");
         if (setsockopt(sockfd, protocol, cmd, &ttl, sizeof(ttl)) < 0) {
             ff_log_net_error(logctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "setsockopt(IPV4/IPV6 MULTICAST TTL)");
-            return ff_neterrno();
+            return ff_neterror();
         }
     }
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static int udp_join_multicast_group(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *addr,
             mreq.imr_interface.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
         if (setsockopt(sockfd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, (const void *)&mreq, sizeof(mreq)) < 0) {
             ff_log_net_error(logctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "setsockopt(IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP)");
-            return ff_neterrno();
+            return ff_neterror();
         }
     }
 #endif
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int udp_join_multicast_group(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *addr,
         mreq6.ipv6mr_interface = 0;
         if (setsockopt(sockfd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, &mreq6, sizeof(mreq6)) < 0) {
             ff_log_net_error(logctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "setsockopt(IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP)");
-            return ff_neterrno();
+            return ff_neterror();
         }
     }
 #endif
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int udp_set_multicast_sources(URLContext *h,
                     ff_log_net_error(h, AV_LOG_ERROR, "setsockopt(MCAST_JOIN_SOURCE_GROUP)");
                 else
                     ff_log_net_error(h, AV_LOG_ERROR, "setsockopt(MCAST_BLOCK_SOURCE)");
-                return ff_neterrno();
+                return ff_neterror();
             }
         }
         return 0;
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static int udp_set_multicast_sources(URLContext *h,
                 ff_log_net_error(h, AV_LOG_ERROR, "setsockopt(IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP)");
             else
                 ff_log_net_error(h, AV_LOG_ERROR, "setsockopt(IP_BLOCK_SOURCE)");
-            return ff_neterrno();
+            return ff_neterror();
         }
     }
 #else
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ static void *circular_buffer_task_rx( void *_URLContext)
         pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, &old_cancelstate);
         pthread_mutex_lock(&s->mutex);
         if (len < 0) {
-            if (ff_neterrno() != AVERROR(EAGAIN) && ff_neterrno() != AVERROR(EINTR)) {
-                s->circular_buffer_error = ff_neterrno();
+            if (ff_neterror() != AVERROR(EAGAIN) && ff_neterror() != AVERROR(EINTR)) {
+                s->circular_buffer_error = ff_neterror();
                 goto end;
             }
             continue;
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static void *circular_buffer_task_tx( void *_URLContext)
                 len -= ret;
                 p   += ret;
             } else {
-                ret = ff_neterrno();
+                ret = ff_neterror();
                 if (ret != AVERROR(EAGAIN) && ret != AVERROR(EINTR)) {
                     pthread_mutex_lock(&s->mutex);
                     s->circular_buffer_error = ret;
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static int udp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     if (s->reuse_socket > 0 || (s->is_multicast && s->reuse_socket < 0)) {
         s->reuse_socket = 1;
         if (setsockopt (udp_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &(s->reuse_socket), sizeof(s->reuse_socket)) != 0) {
-            ret = ff_neterrno();
+            ret = ff_neterror();
             goto fail;
         }
     }
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static int udp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     if (s->is_broadcast) {
 #ifdef SO_BROADCAST
         if (setsockopt (udp_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, &(s->is_broadcast), sizeof(s->is_broadcast)) != 0) {
-            ret = ff_neterrno();
+            ret = ff_neterror();
             goto fail;
         }
 #else
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static int udp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     if (dscp >= 0) {
         dscp <<= 2;
         if (setsockopt (udp_fd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS, &dscp, sizeof(dscp)) != 0) {
-            ret = ff_neterrno();
+            ret = ff_neterror();
             goto fail;
         }
     }
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ static int udp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     /* the bind is needed to give a port to the socket now */
     if (bind_ret < 0 && bind(udp_fd,(struct sockaddr *)&my_addr, len) < 0) {
         ff_log_net_error(h, AV_LOG_ERROR, "bind failed");
-        ret = ff_neterrno();
+        ret = ff_neterror();
         goto fail;
     }
 
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ static int udp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
         tmp = s->buffer_size;
         if (setsockopt(udp_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)) < 0) {
             ff_log_net_error(h, AV_LOG_ERROR, "setsockopt(SO_SNDBUF)");
-            ret = ff_neterrno();
+            ret = ff_neterror();
             goto fail;
         }
     } else {
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ static int udp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     if (s->is_connected) {
         if (connect(udp_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &s->dest_addr, s->dest_addr_len)) {
             ff_log_net_error(h, AV_LOG_ERROR, "connect");
-            ret = ff_neterrno();
+            ret = ff_neterror();
             goto fail;
         }
     }
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ static int udp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
     }
     ret = recvfrom(s->udp_fd, buf, size, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addr_len);
     if (ret < 0)
-        return ff_neterrno();
+        return ff_neterror();
     if (ff_ip_check_source_lists(&addr, &s->filters))
         return AVERROR(EINTR);
     return ret;
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ static int udp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
     } else
         ret = send(s->udp_fd, buf, size, 0);
 
-    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
+    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterror() : ret;
 }
 
 static int udp_close(URLContext *h)
diff --git a/libavformat/unix.c b/libavformat/unix.c
index 5704155cf0..d1b4e6a5ca 100644
--- a/libavformat/unix.c
+++ b/libavformat/unix.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int unix_open(URLContext *h, const char *filename, int flags)
     av_strlcpy(s->addr.sun_path, filename, sizeof(s->addr.sun_path));
 
     if ((fd = ff_socket(AF_UNIX, s->type, 0, h)) < 0)
-        return ff_neterrno();
+        return ff_neterror();
 
     if (s->timeout < 0 && h->rw_timeout)
         s->timeout = h->rw_timeout / 1000;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int unix_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
     ret = recv(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
     if (!ret && s->type == SOCK_STREAM)
         return AVERROR_EOF;
-    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
+    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterror() : ret;
 }
 
 static int unix_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static int unix_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
             return ret;
     }
     ret = send(s->fd, buf, size, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
-    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
+    return ret < 0 ? ff_neterror() : ret;
 }
 
 static int unix_close(URLContext *h)
diff --git a/libavformat/url.h b/libavformat/url.h
index 0784d77b64..a6b48d06d9 100644
--- a/libavformat/url.h
+++ b/libavformat/url.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ int ffurl_open_whitelist(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags,
  *
  * @param  s server context
  * @param  c client context, must be unallocated.
- * @return >= 0 on success, ff_neterrno() on failure.
+ * @return >= 0 on success, ff_neterror() on failure.
  */
 int ffurl_accept(URLContext *s, URLContext **c);
 
