diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c b/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c
index 4449b34a80cc..11d9971f3e8c 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int map_hdm_decoder_regs(struct cxl_port *port, void __iomem *crb,
 				struct cxl_component_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct cxl_register_map map = {
-		.dev = &port->dev,
+		.host = &port->dev,
 		.resource = port->component_reg_phys,
 		.base = crb,
 		.max_size = CXL_COMPONENT_REG_BLOCK_SIZE,
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/port.c b/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
index d4572a02989a..033651a5da30 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
@@ -691,14 +691,14 @@ static struct cxl_port *cxl_port_alloc(struct device *uport_dev,
 	return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
 
-static int cxl_setup_comp_regs(struct device *dev, struct cxl_register_map *map,
+static int cxl_setup_comp_regs(struct device *host, struct cxl_register_map *map,
 			       resource_size_t component_reg_phys)
 {
 	if (component_reg_phys == CXL_RESOURCE_NONE)
 		return 0;
 
 	*map = (struct cxl_register_map) {
-		.dev = dev,
+		.host = host,
 		.reg_type = CXL_REGLOC_RBI_COMPONENT,
 		.resource = component_reg_phys,
 		.max_size = CXL_COMPONENT_REG_BLOCK_SIZE,
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c b/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
index 6281127b3e9d..e0fbe964f6f0 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/regs.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ int cxl_map_component_regs(const struct cxl_register_map *map,
 			   struct cxl_component_regs *regs,
 			   unsigned long map_mask)
 {
-	struct device *dev = map->dev;
+	struct device *host = map->host;
 	struct mapinfo {
 		const struct cxl_reg_map *rmap;
 		void __iomem **addr;
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ int cxl_map_component_regs(const struct cxl_register_map *map,
 			continue;
 		phys_addr = map->resource + mi->rmap->offset;
 		length = mi->rmap->size;
-		*(mi->addr) = devm_cxl_iomap_block(dev, phys_addr, length);
+		*(mi->addr) = devm_cxl_iomap_block(host, phys_addr, length);
 		if (!*(mi->addr))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cxl_map_component_regs, CXL);
 int cxl_map_device_regs(const struct cxl_register_map *map,
 			struct cxl_device_regs *regs)
 {
-	struct device *dev = map->dev;
+	struct device *host = map->host;
 	resource_size_t phys_addr = map->resource;
 	struct mapinfo {
 		const struct cxl_reg_map *rmap;
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ int cxl_map_device_regs(const struct cxl_register_map *map,
 
 		addr = phys_addr + mi->rmap->offset;
 		length = mi->rmap->size;
-		*(mi->addr) = devm_cxl_iomap_block(dev, addr, length);
+		*(mi->addr) = devm_cxl_iomap_block(host, addr, length);
 		if (!*(mi->addr))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int cxl_find_regblock_instance(struct pci_dev *pdev, enum cxl_regloc_type type,
 	int regloc, i;
 
 	*map = (struct cxl_register_map) {
-		.dev = &pdev->dev,
+		.host = &pdev->dev,
 		.resource = CXL_RESOURCE_NONE,
 	};
 
@@ -403,15 +403,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cxl_map_pmu_regs, CXL);
 
 static int cxl_map_regblock(struct cxl_register_map *map)
 {
-	struct device *dev = map->dev;
+	struct device *host = map->host;
 
 	map->base = ioremap(map->resource, map->max_size);
 	if (!map->base) {
-		dev_err(dev, "failed to map registers\n");
+		dev_err(host, "failed to map registers\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	dev_dbg(dev, "Mapped CXL Memory Device resource %pa\n", &map->resource);
+	dev_dbg(host, "Mapped CXL Memory Device resource %pa\n", &map->resource);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -425,28 +425,28 @@ static int cxl_probe_regs(struct cxl_register_map *map)
 {
 	struct cxl_component_reg_map *comp_map;
 	struct cxl_device_reg_map *dev_map;
-	struct device *dev = map->dev;
+	struct device *host = map->host;
 	void __iomem *base = map->base;
 
 	switch (map->reg_type) {
 	case CXL_REGLOC_RBI_COMPONENT:
 		comp_map = &map->component_map;
-		cxl_probe_component_regs(dev, base, comp_map);
-		dev_dbg(dev, "Set up component registers\n");
+		cxl_probe_component_regs(host, base, comp_map);
+		dev_dbg(host, "Set up component registers\n");
 		break;
 	case CXL_REGLOC_RBI_MEMDEV:
 		dev_map = &map->device_map;
-		cxl_probe_device_regs(dev, base, dev_map);
+		cxl_probe_device_regs(host, base, dev_map);
 		if (!dev_map->status.valid || !dev_map->mbox.valid ||
 		    !dev_map->memdev.valid) {
-			dev_err(dev, "registers not found: %s%s%s\n",
+			dev_err(host, "registers not found: %s%s%s\n",
 				!dev_map->status.valid ? "status " : "",
 				!dev_map->mbox.valid ? "mbox " : "",
 				!dev_map->memdev.valid ? "memdev " : "");
 			return -ENXIO;
 		}
 
-		dev_dbg(dev, "Probing device registers...\n");
+		dev_dbg(host, "Probing device registers...\n");
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/cxl.h b/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
index 76d92561af29..b5b015b661ea 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
+++ b/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ struct cxl_pmu_reg_map {
 
 /**
  * struct cxl_register_map - DVSEC harvested register block mapping parameters
- * @dev: device for devm operations and logging
+ * @host: device for devm operations and logging
  * @base: virtual base of the register-block-BAR + @block_offset
  * @resource: physical resource base of the register block
  * @max_size: maximum mapping size to perform register search
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ struct cxl_pmu_reg_map {
  * @pmu_map: cxl_reg_maps for CXL Performance Monitoring Units
  */
 struct cxl_register_map {
-	struct device *dev;
+	struct device *host;
 	void __iomem *base;
 	resource_size_t resource;
 	resource_size_t max_size;
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/pci.c b/drivers/cxl/pci.c
index 44a21ab7add5..f9d852957809 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/pci.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static int cxl_rcrb_get_comp_regs(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	resource_size_t component_reg_phys;
 
 	*map = (struct cxl_register_map) {
-		.dev = &pdev->dev,
+		.host = &pdev->dev,
 		.resource = CXL_RESOURCE_NONE,
 	};
 
