diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
index 252b651f743d..dcd3aafd3e6c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static inline bool kvm_level_supports_block_mapping(u32 level)
  *				allocation is physically contiguous.
  * @free_pages_exact:		Free an exact number of memory pages previously
  *				allocated by zalloc_pages_exact.
- * @free_removed_table:		Free a removed paging structure by unlinking and
+ * @free_unlinked_table:	Free an unlinked paging structure by unlinking and
  *				dropping references.
  * @get_page:			Increment the refcount on a page.
  * @put_page:			Decrement the refcount on a page. When the
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops {
 	void*		(*zalloc_page)(void *arg);
 	void*		(*zalloc_pages_exact)(size_t size);
 	void		(*free_pages_exact)(void *addr, size_t size);
-	void		(*free_removed_table)(void *addr, u32 level);
+	void		(*free_unlinked_table)(void *addr, u32 level);
 	void		(*get_page)(void *addr);
 	void		(*put_page)(void *addr);
 	int		(*page_count)(void *addr);
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ int __kvm_pgtable_stage2_init(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu,
 void kvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt);
 
 /**
- * kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_removed() - Free a removed stage-2 paging structure.
+ * kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_unlinked() - Free an unlinked stage-2 paging structure.
  * @mm_ops:	Memory management callbacks.
  * @pgtable:	Unlinked stage-2 paging structure to be freed.
  * @level:	Level of the stage-2 paging structure to be freed.
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ void kvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt);
  * The page-table is assumed to be unreachable by any hardware walkers prior to
  * freeing and therefore no TLB invalidation is performed.
  */
-void kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_removed(struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops, void *pgtable, u32 level);
+void kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_unlinked(struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops, void *pgtable, u32 level);
 
 /**
  * kvm_pgtable_stage2_map() - Install a mapping in a guest stage-2 page-table.
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
index 552653fa18be..b030170d803b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ static void host_s2_put_page(void *addr)
 	hyp_put_page(&host_s2_pool, addr);
 }
 
-static void host_s2_free_removed_table(void *addr, u32 level)
+static void host_s2_free_unlinked_table(void *addr, u32 level)
 {
-	kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_removed(&host_mmu.mm_ops, addr, level);
+	kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_unlinked(&host_mmu.mm_ops, addr, level);
 }
 
 static int prepare_s2_pool(void *pgt_pool_base)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int prepare_s2_pool(void *pgt_pool_base)
 	host_mmu.mm_ops = (struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops) {
 		.zalloc_pages_exact = host_s2_zalloc_pages_exact,
 		.zalloc_page = host_s2_zalloc_page,
-		.free_removed_table = host_s2_free_removed_table,
+		.free_unlinked_table = host_s2_free_unlinked_table,
 		.phys_to_virt = hyp_phys_to_virt,
 		.virt_to_phys = hyp_virt_to_phys,
 		.page_count = hyp_page_count,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
index e093e222daf3..0a5ef9288371 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static int stage2_map_walk_table_pre(const struct kvm_pgtable_visit_ctx *ctx,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	mm_ops->free_removed_table(childp, ctx->level);
+	mm_ops->free_unlinked_table(childp, ctx->level);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ static int stage2_map_walk_leaf(const struct kvm_pgtable_visit_ctx *ctx,
  * The TABLE_PRE callback runs for table entries on the way down, looking
  * for table entries which we could conceivably replace with a block entry
  * for this mapping. If it finds one it replaces the entry and calls
- * kvm_pgtable_mm_ops::free_removed_table() to tear down the detached table.
+ * kvm_pgtable_mm_ops::free_unlinked_table() to tear down the detached table.
  *
  * Otherwise, the LEAF callback performs the mapping at the existing leaves
  * instead.
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ void kvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt)
 	pgt->pgd = NULL;
 }
 
-void kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_removed(struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops, void *pgtable, u32 level)
+void kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_unlinked(struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops, void *pgtable, u32 level)
 {
 	kvm_pteref_t ptep = (kvm_pteref_t)pgtable;
 	struct kvm_pgtable_walker walker = {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index a3ee3b605c9b..9bd3c2cfb476 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -130,21 +130,21 @@ static void kvm_s2_free_pages_exact(void *virt, size_t size)
 
 static struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops kvm_s2_mm_ops;
 
-static void stage2_free_removed_table_rcu_cb(struct rcu_head *head)
+static void stage2_free_unlinked_table_rcu_cb(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct page *page = container_of(head, struct page, rcu_head);
 	void *pgtable = page_to_virt(page);
 	u32 level = page_private(page);
 
-	kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_removed(&kvm_s2_mm_ops, pgtable, level);
+	kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_unlinked(&kvm_s2_mm_ops, pgtable, level);
 }
 
-static void stage2_free_removed_table(void *addr, u32 level)
+static void stage2_free_unlinked_table(void *addr, u32 level)
 {
 	struct page *page = virt_to_page(addr);
 
 	set_page_private(page, (unsigned long)level);
-	call_rcu(&page->rcu_head, stage2_free_removed_table_rcu_cb);
+	call_rcu(&page->rcu_head, stage2_free_unlinked_table_rcu_cb);
 }
 
 static void kvm_host_get_page(void *addr)
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ static struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops kvm_s2_mm_ops = {
 	.zalloc_page		= stage2_memcache_zalloc_page,
 	.zalloc_pages_exact	= kvm_s2_zalloc_pages_exact,
 	.free_pages_exact	= kvm_s2_free_pages_exact,
-	.free_removed_table	= stage2_free_removed_table,
+	.free_unlinked_table	= stage2_free_unlinked_table,
 	.get_page		= kvm_host_get_page,
 	.put_page		= kvm_s2_put_page,
 	.page_count		= kvm_host_page_count,
