diff --git a/Documentation/components/drivers/special/socketcan.rst b/Documentation/components/drivers/special/socketcan.rst
index cd9556fc48..b85905b40f 100644
--- a/Documentation/components/drivers/special/socketcan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/components/drivers/special/socketcan.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SocketCAN Device Drivers
 
   -  **Initialization sequence is as follows**.
 
-     #. up_netinitialize(void) is called on startup of NuttX in this
+     #. xxx_netinitialize(void) is called on startup of NuttX in this
         function you call your own init function to initialize your
         CAN driver
      #. In your own init function you create the net_driver_s
diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32f7/stm32f777zit6-meadow/src/stm32_boot.c b/boards/arm/stm32f7/stm32f777zit6-meadow/src/stm32_boot.c
index b94e2df956..8aaa0554c4 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32f7/stm32f777zit6-meadow/src/stm32_boot.c
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32f7/stm32f777zit6-meadow/src/stm32_boot.c
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ extern FAR struct qspi_dev_s *stm32f7_qspi_initialize(int intf);
  *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-void up_netinitialize(void)
-{
-}
-
 void stm32_boardinitialize(void)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_STM32F7_SPI1) || defined(CONFIG_STM32F7_SPI2) || \
diff --git a/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/src/qemu_net.c b/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/src/qemu_net.c
index fe01de8b44..2464568ed6 100644
--- a/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/src/qemu_net.c
+++ b/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/src/qemu_net.c
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
  ****************************************************************************/
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
-void up_netinitialize(void)
+void x86_64_netinitialize(void)
 {
 }
 #endif
-
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/src/esp32_w5500.c b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/src/esp32_w5500.c
index dd6d245343..b629d19d00 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/src/esp32_w5500.c
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/src/esp32_w5500.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static void up_reset(const struct w5500_lower_s *lower, bool reset)
  * Name: arm_netinitialize
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-void up_netinitialize(void)
+void riscv_netinitialize(void)
 {
   struct spi_dev_s *spi;
   int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/usbdev/Kconfig b/drivers/usbdev/Kconfig
index d9b855ee46..4faecbdc6b 100644
--- a/drivers/usbdev/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usbdev/Kconfig
@@ -963,10 +963,10 @@ menuconfig RNDIS
 		- "Remote NDIS To USB Mapping"
 
 		This option may required CONFIG_NETDEV_LATEINIT=y otherwise, the
-		power-up initialization may call the non-existent up_netinitialize().
+		power-up initialization may call the non-existent xxx_netinitialize().
 		This option is not automatically selected because it may be that
 		you have an additional network device that requires the early
-		up_netinitialize() call.
+		xxx_netinitialize() call.
 
 if RNDIS
 
@@ -1102,10 +1102,10 @@ menuconfig NET_CDCECM
 		   Revision 1.2, February 9, 2007"
 
 		This option may require CONFIG_NETDEV_LATEINIT=y, otherwise the
-		power-up initialization may call the non-existent up_netinitialize().
+		power-up initialization may call the non-existent xxx_netinitialize().
 		This option is not automatically selected because it may be that
 		you have an additional network device that requires the early
-		up_netinitialize() call.
+		xxx_netinitialize() call.
 
 if NET_CDCECM
 
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 82ac9eb7a6..3a67f2eb42 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ config NETDEV_LATEINIT
 	---help---
 		Normally, networking initialization occur in the later phase of the
 		boot process in the function up_initialize() when it calls the
-		driver initialization function, up_netinitialize().  This
+		driver initialization function, xxx_netinitialize().  This
 		initialization occurs after a sufficient amount of the OS has been
 		initialized so that driver registration can be performed, but
 		before the completion of OS initialization and before the first
@@ -289,15 +289,15 @@ config NETDEV_LATEINIT
 			- If you are using SLIP or PPPD, then there will be no network
 			  driver to be initialized,
 			- Certain multi-network configurations where a simple call to
-			  up_netinitialize() may be insufficient, and
+			  xxx_netinitialize() may be insufficient, and
 			- Situations where there are other board-level hardware
 			  dependencies so that the hardware is not in an appropriate
-			  state for up_netinitialize() to be called.
+			  state for xxx_netinitialize() to be called.
 
 		Examples of this latter situation include such things as network
 		drivers that required some setup via an I2C I/O expander, or network
 		drivers that depend on USB, SPI, I2C, PCI, serial, or other
-		interfaces that may not be ready when up_netinitialize() is normally
+		interfaces that may not be ready when xxx_netinitialize() is normally
 		called.
 
 endmenu # Link layer support