diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/api/serializers.py b/netbox/virtualization/api/serializers.py
index fd40a78c0..7e2453ad2 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/api/serializers.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/api/serializers.py
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ class VirtualMachineSerializer(NetBoxModelSerializer):
     # Counter fields
     interface_count = serializers.IntegerField(read_only=True)
     virtual_disk_count = serializers.IntegerField(read_only=True)
-    disk = serializers.SerializerMethodField(read_only=True)
 
     class Meta:
         model = VirtualMachine
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ class VirtualMachineSerializer(NetBoxModelSerializer):
             'id', 'url', 'display', 'name', 'status', 'site', 'cluster', 'device', 'role', 'tenant', 'platform',
             'primary_ip', 'primary_ip4', 'primary_ip6', 'vcpus', 'memory', 'disk', 'description', 'comments',
             'config_template', 'local_context_data', 'tags', 'custom_fields', 'created', 'last_updated',
-            'interface_count', 'virtual_disk_count',
+            'interface_count', 'virtual_disk_count', 'disk_space',
         ]
         validators = []
 
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ class VirtualMachineSerializer(NetBoxModelSerializer):
         if obj.disk:
             return obj.disk
 
-        return obj.virtual_disk_space
+        return obj.disk_space
 
 
 class VirtualMachineWithConfigContextSerializer(VirtualMachineSerializer):
diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/models/virtualmachines.py b/netbox/virtualization/models/virtualmachines.py
index dae1f9b7b..6a5e369a2 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/models/virtualmachines.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/models/virtualmachines.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class VirtualMachine(ContactsMixin, RenderConfigMixin, ConfigContextModel, Prima
             return None
 
     @property
-    def virtual_disk_space(self):
+    def disk_space(self):
         return sum([disk.size for disk in self.virtualdisks.all()])
 
 
diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/tables/virtualmachines.py b/netbox/virtualization/tables/virtualmachines.py
index 30d4bc174..70f84907d 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/tables/virtualmachines.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/tables/virtualmachines.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class VirtualMachineTable(TenancyColumnsMixin, ContactsColumnMixin, NetBoxTable)
         verbose_name=_('Config Template'),
         linkify=True
     )
-    disk = tables.Column(
+    disk_space = tables.Column(
         empty_values=(),
         verbose_name=_('Disk Size (GB)'),
     )
@@ -102,18 +102,18 @@ class VirtualMachineTable(TenancyColumnsMixin, ContactsColumnMixin, NetBoxTable)
         model = VirtualMachine
         fields = (
             'pk', 'id', 'name', 'status', 'site', 'cluster', 'device', 'role', 'tenant', 'tenant_group', 'platform',
-            'vcpus', 'memory', 'disk', 'primary_ip4', 'primary_ip6', 'primary_ip', 'description', 'comments',
+            'vcpus', 'memory', 'disk_space', 'primary_ip4', 'primary_ip6', 'primary_ip', 'description', 'comments',
             'config_template', 'contacts', 'tags', 'created', 'last_updated',
         )
         default_columns = (
-            'pk', 'name', 'status', 'site', 'cluster', 'role', 'tenant', 'vcpus', 'memory', 'disk', 'primary_ip',
+            'pk', 'name', 'status', 'site', 'cluster', 'role', 'tenant', 'vcpus', 'memory', 'disk_space', 'primary_ip',
         )
 
-    def render_disk(self, value, record):
+    def render_disk_space(self, value, record):
         if record.disk:
             return record.disk
-        elif record.virtual_disk_space:
-            return record.virtual_disk_space
+        elif record.disk_space:
+            return record.disk_space
         else:
             return '—'