diff --git a/drivers/include/sdmmc/sdmmc.h b/drivers/include/sdmmc/sdmmc.h
index acf76b27a692b..0f0faa0bbec5a 100644
--- a/drivers/include/sdmmc/sdmmc.h
+++ b/drivers/include/sdmmc/sdmmc.h
@@ -1391,21 +1391,21 @@ typedef struct sdmmc_dev {
  * @brief   SDIO/SD/MMC device descriptor references as read-only XFA
  *
  * The array contains the references to all SDIO/SD/MMC device descriptors.
- * The i-th device in this array can then be accessed with `sdmmc_dev_xfa[i]`.
+ * The i-th device in this array can then be accessed with `sdmmc_devs[i]`.
  * The number of SDIO/SD/MMC device descriptor references defined in this array
- * is `XFA_LEN(sdmmc_dev_xfa)`, see @ref SDMMC_NUMOF.
+ * is `XFA_LEN(sdmmc_devs)`, see @ref SDMMC_NUMOF.
  *
  * @warning To ensure to have the references to all SDIO/SD/MMC device
  *          descriptors in this array, the low-level SDIO/SD/MMC peripheral
  *          drivers must define the references to their SDIO/SD/MMC
  *          device descriptors as XFA members by using the macro
- *          `XFA_CONST(sdmmc_dev_xfa, 0)` as shown in the example below.
+ *          `XFA_CONST(sdmmc_devs, 0)` as shown in the example below.
  *
  * For example, if the low-level
  * SDIO/SD/MMC peripheral driver defines an MCU-specific SDIO/SD/MMC
  * device descriptor structure `_mcu_sdmmc_dev_t` and defines the device
  * descriptors in an array `_mcu_sdmmc_dev`, it must define the references
- * to them as members of the XFA `sdmmc_dev_xfa` as follows:
+ * to them as members of the XFA `sdmmc_devs` as follows:
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{.c}
  * typedef struct {
  *     sdmmc_dev_t sdmmc_dev;      // Inherited sdmmc_dev_t struct
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ typedef struct sdmmc_dev {
  *     ...
  * } _mcu_sdmmc_dev_t;
  *
- * static _mcu_sdmmc_dev_t _sdmmc_devs[] = {
+ * static _mcu_sdmmc_dev_t _mcu_sdmmc_devs[] = {
  *     {
  *         ...
  *     },
@@ -1422,27 +1422,27 @@ typedef struct sdmmc_dev {
  *     },
  * };
  *
- * XFA_CONST(sdmmc_dev_xfa, 0) sdmmc_dev_t * const _sdmmc_1 = (sdmmc_dev_t * const)&_sdmmc_devs[0];
- * XFA_CONST(sdmmc_dev_xfa, 0) sdmmc_dev_t * const _sdmmc_2 = (sdmmc_dev_t * const)&_sdmmc_devs[1];
+ * XFA_CONST(sdmmc_devs, 0) sdmmc_dev_t * const _sdmmc_1 = (sdmmc_dev_t * const)&_mcu_sdmmc_devs[0];
+ * XFA_CONST(sdmmc_devs, 0) sdmmc_dev_t * const _sdmmc_2 = (sdmmc_dev_t * const)&_mcu_sdmmc_devs[1];
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  *
  */
 #if !DOXYGEN
-XFA_USE_CONST(sdmmc_dev_t * const, sdmmc_dev_xfa);
+XFA_USE_CONST(sdmmc_dev_t * const, sdmmc_devs);
 #else
-sdmmc_dev_t sdmmc_dev_xfa[];
+sdmmc_dev_t sdmmc_devs[];
 #endif
 
 /**
  * @brief   Number of SDIO/SD/MMC devices defined
  */
-#define SDMMC_NUMOF   XFA_LEN(sdmmc_dev_t *, sdmmc_dev_xfa)
+#define SDMMC_NUMOF   XFA_LEN(sdmmc_dev_t *, sdmmc_devs)
 
 /**
  * @brief   Retrieve SDIO/SD/MMC device descriptor reference from device index
  *
  * The function converts the device index to the corresponding SDIO/SD/MMC
- * device descriptor. See also @ref sdmmc_dev_xfa.
+ * device descriptor. See also @ref sdmmc_devs.
  *
  * @param[in]   num   SDIO/SD/MMC peripheral index
  *
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ sdmmc_dev_t sdmmc_dev_xfa[];
  */
 static inline sdmmc_dev_t *sdmmc_get_dev(unsigned num)
 {
-    return (num < SDMMC_NUMOF) ? sdmmc_dev_xfa[num] : NULL;
+    return (num < SDMMC_NUMOF) ? sdmmc_devs[num] : NULL;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/sdmmc/sdmmc.c b/drivers/sdmmc/sdmmc.c
index dec61c62339aa..e5b910faf07d0 100644
--- a/drivers/sdmmc/sdmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/sdmmc/sdmmc.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ typedef struct __attribute__((packed)) {
 } sdmmc_sw_status_t;
 
 /* Definition of the XFA for the SDIO/SD/MMC device descriptor references */
-XFA_INIT_CONST(sdmmc_dev_t * const, sdmmc_dev_xfa);
+XFA_INIT_CONST(sdmmc_dev_t * const, sdmmc_devs);
 
 /* forward declaration of internal functions */
 static int _send_cmd(sdmmc_dev_t *dev, sdmmc_cmd_t cmd_idx, uint32_t arg,