diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d13cb3b9bfc3e..c1ca686310aad 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ static bool use_backlog_threads(void)
 
 #endif
 
-static inline void rps_lock_irqsave(struct softnet_data *sd,
-				    unsigned long *flags)
+static inline void backlog_lock_irq_save(struct softnet_data *sd,
+					 unsigned long *flags)
 {
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS) || use_backlog_threads())
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock, *flags);
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static inline void rps_lock_irqsave(struct softnet_data *sd,
 		local_irq_save(*flags);
 }
 
-static inline void rps_lock_irq_disable(struct softnet_data *sd)
+static inline void backlog_lock_irq_disable(struct softnet_data *sd)
 {
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS) || use_backlog_threads())
 		spin_lock_irq(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock);
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ static inline void rps_lock_irq_disable(struct softnet_data *sd)
 		local_irq_disable();
 }
 
-static inline void rps_unlock_irq_restore(struct softnet_data *sd,
-					  unsigned long *flags)
+static inline void backlog_unlock_irq_restore(struct softnet_data *sd,
+					      unsigned long *flags)
 {
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS) || use_backlog_threads())
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock, *flags);
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static inline void rps_unlock_irq_restore(struct softnet_data *sd,
 		local_irq_restore(*flags);
 }
 
-static inline void rps_unlock_irq_enable(struct softnet_data *sd)
+static inline void backlog_unlock_irq_enable(struct softnet_data *sd)
 {
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS) || use_backlog_threads())
 		spin_unlock_irq(&sd->input_pkt_queue.lock);
@@ -4727,12 +4727,12 @@ void kick_defer_list_purge(struct softnet_data *sd, unsigned int cpu)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (use_backlog_threads()) {
-		rps_lock_irqsave(sd, &flags);
+		backlog_lock_irq_save(sd, &flags);
 
 		if (!__test_and_set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &sd->backlog.state))
 			__napi_schedule_irqoff(&sd->backlog);
 
-		rps_unlock_irq_restore(sd, &flags);
+		backlog_unlock_irq_restore(sd, &flags);
 
 	} else if (!cmpxchg(&sd->defer_ipi_scheduled, 0, 1)) {
 		smp_call_function_single_async(cpu, &sd->defer_csd);
@@ -4794,7 +4794,7 @@ static int enqueue_to_backlog(struct sk_buff *skb, int cpu,
 	reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED;
 	sd = &per_cpu(softnet_data, cpu);
 
-	rps_lock_irqsave(sd, &flags);
+	backlog_lock_irq_save(sd, &flags);
 	if (!netif_running(skb->dev))
 		goto drop;
 	qlen = skb_queue_len(&sd->input_pkt_queue);
@@ -4804,7 +4804,7 @@ static int enqueue_to_backlog(struct sk_buff *skb, int cpu,
 enqueue:
 			__skb_queue_tail(&sd->input_pkt_queue, skb);
 			input_queue_tail_incr_save(sd, qtail);
-			rps_unlock_irq_restore(sd, &flags);
+			backlog_unlock_irq_restore(sd, &flags);
 			return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 		}
 
@@ -4819,7 +4819,7 @@ static int enqueue_to_backlog(struct sk_buff *skb, int cpu,
 
 drop:
 	sd->dropped++;
-	rps_unlock_irq_restore(sd, &flags);
+	backlog_unlock_irq_restore(sd, &flags);
 
 	dev_core_stats_rx_dropped_inc(skb->dev);
 	kfree_skb_reason(skb, reason);
@@ -5885,7 +5885,7 @@ static void flush_backlog(struct work_struct *work)
 	local_bh_disable();
 	sd = this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data);
 
-	rps_lock_irq_disable(sd);
+	backlog_lock_irq_disable(sd);
 	skb_queue_walk_safe(&sd->input_pkt_queue, skb, tmp) {
 		if (skb->dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING) {
 			__skb_unlink(skb, &sd->input_pkt_queue);
@@ -5893,7 +5893,7 @@ static void flush_backlog(struct work_struct *work)
 			input_queue_head_incr(sd);
 		}
 	}
-	rps_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
+	backlog_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
 
 	skb_queue_walk_safe(&sd->process_queue, skb, tmp) {
 		if (skb->dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING) {
@@ -5911,14 +5911,14 @@ static bool flush_required(int cpu)
 	struct softnet_data *sd = &per_cpu(softnet_data, cpu);
 	bool do_flush;
 
-	rps_lock_irq_disable(sd);
+	backlog_lock_irq_disable(sd);
 
 	/* as insertion into process_queue happens with the rps lock held,
 	 * process_queue access may race only with dequeue
 	 */
 	do_flush = !skb_queue_empty(&sd->input_pkt_queue) ||
 		   !skb_queue_empty_lockless(&sd->process_queue);
-	rps_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
+	backlog_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
 
 	return do_flush;
 #endif
@@ -6033,7 +6033,7 @@ static int process_backlog(struct napi_struct *napi, int quota)
 
 		}
 
-		rps_lock_irq_disable(sd);
+		backlog_lock_irq_disable(sd);
 		if (skb_queue_empty(&sd->input_pkt_queue)) {
 			/*
 			 * Inline a custom version of __napi_complete().
@@ -6049,7 +6049,7 @@ static int process_backlog(struct napi_struct *napi, int quota)
 			skb_queue_splice_tail_init(&sd->input_pkt_queue,
 						   &sd->process_queue);
 		}
-		rps_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
+		backlog_unlock_irq_enable(sd);
 	}
 
 	return work;
