diff --git a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-audit.c b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-audit.c
index 07470ecd2f..768dcb4ca3 100644
--- a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-audit.c
+++ b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-audit.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 
 #include "fuzz.h"
-#include "fuzz-journald.h"
+#include "fuzz-journald-util.h"
 #include "journald-audit.h"
 
 int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
diff --git a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-kmsg.c b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-kmsg.c
index 041662686e..25aa430567 100644
--- a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-kmsg.c
+++ b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-kmsg.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 
 #include "fuzz.h"
-#include "fuzz-journald.h"
+#include "fuzz-journald-util.h"
 #include "journald-kmsg.h"
 
 int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
diff --git a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-native-fd.c b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-native-fd.c
index a6ff87556d..36a94b7b92 100644
--- a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-native-fd.c
+++ b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-native-fd.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "fuzz.h"
-#include "fuzz-journald.h"
+#include "fuzz-journald-util.h"
 #include "journald-native.h"
 #include "memfd-util.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
diff --git a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-native.c b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-native.c
index 2aa491df13..3bb40662a0 100644
--- a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-native.c
+++ b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-native.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 
 #include "fuzz.h"
-#include "fuzz-journald.h"
+#include "fuzz-journald-util.h"
 #include "journald-native.h"
 
 int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
diff --git a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-stream.c b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-stream.c
index 1ee49461d3..eb1feda662 100644
--- a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-stream.c
+++ b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-stream.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "fuzz.h"
-#include "fuzz-journald.h"
+#include "fuzz-journald-util.h"
 #include "journald-stream.h"
 
 int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
diff --git a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-syslog.c b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-syslog.c
index a48ce88ac5..9d93b60fa5 100644
--- a/src/journal/fuzz-journald-syslog.c
+++ b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-syslog.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 
 #include "fuzz.h"
-#include "fuzz-journald.h"
+#include "fuzz-journald-util.h"
 #include "journald-syslog.h"
 
 int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
diff --git a/src/journal/fuzz-journald.c b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-util.c
similarity index 96%
rename from src/journal/fuzz-journald.c
rename to src/journal/fuzz-journald-util.c
index b94a249c98..cf624e6e42 100644
--- a/src/journal/fuzz-journald.c
+++ b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-util.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "sd-event.h"
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
-#include "fuzz-journald.h"
+#include "fuzz-journald-util.h"
 #include "journald-manager.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 
diff --git a/src/journal/fuzz-journald.h b/src/journal/fuzz-journald-util.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/journal/fuzz-journald.h
rename to src/journal/fuzz-journald-util.h
diff --git a/src/journal/meson.build b/src/journal/meson.build
index 5f34cd6866..c09f38dd91 100644
--- a/src/journal/meson.build
+++ b/src/journal/meson.build
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ systemd_journald_extract_sources = files(
         'journald-wall.c',
         # Build fuzz-journald.c as part of systemd-journald so we only compile it once instead of once per
         # fuzz test.
-        'fuzz-journald.c',
+        'fuzz-journald-util.c',
 )
 
 journald_gperf_c = custom_target(