diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 63c3cd454d1edbfdb9b37578e14c7c39fc694135..5cfbc723041c7db3f3481e3259f8bac0d60c700b 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys blkio_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.css_offline = blkcg_css_offline,
 	.css_free = blkcg_css_free,
 	.can_attach = blkcg_can_attach,
-	.base_cftypes = blkcg_files,
+	.legacy_cftypes = blkcg_files,
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 	/*
 	 * This ensures that, if available, memcg is automatically enabled
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 7bb274487c896b21d5fbc59da1c581f564e4dec5..a6e9c2eeab89fe0b05f57de4747f94a1c80f1c24 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys {
 	struct list_head cfts;
 
 	/* base cftypes, automatically registered with subsys itself */
-	struct cftype *base_cftypes;
+	struct cftype *legacy_cftypes;	/* used on the legacy hierarchies */
 
 	/*
 	 * A subsystem may depend on other subsystems.  When such subsystem
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 7e5fee5d642219d43a058f4445dbd11d22e03c10..6496a83b0314d2e2623ab29c4e54de08dc748ee4 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -4890,7 +4890,7 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
 		 */
 		if (!ss->disabled) {
 			cgrp_dfl_root.subsys_mask |= 1 << ss->id;
-			WARN_ON(cgroup_add_cftypes(ss, ss->base_cftypes));
+			WARN_ON(cgroup_add_cftypes(ss, ss->legacy_cftypes));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -5480,6 +5480,6 @@ static struct cftype debug_files[] =  {
 struct cgroup_subsys debug_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.css_alloc = debug_css_alloc,
 	.css_free = debug_css_free,
-	.base_cftypes = debug_files,
+	.legacy_cftypes = debug_files,
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG */
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index a79e40f9d700497d8781faf844774873c9ae1bd0..92b98cc0ee7639270d75aa64b59236d3c3283b69 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -480,5 +480,5 @@ struct cgroup_subsys freezer_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.css_free	= freezer_css_free,
 	.attach		= freezer_attach,
 	.fork		= freezer_fork,
-	.base_cftypes	= files,
+	.legacy_cftypes	= files,
 };
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 53a9bbf163912a9298595dacf1445c4c5b1ad916..f337f42a07ac051e6ae54dda7cbed3bb9284752a 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys cpuset_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.cancel_attach	= cpuset_cancel_attach,
 	.attach		= cpuset_attach,
 	.bind		= cpuset_bind,
-	.base_cftypes	= files,
+	.legacy_cftypes	= files,
 	.early_init	= 1,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 3bdf01b494fe29c267a0abe73828b02a799a737d..6628e8014824263db5d3223d2f071885b2522297 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -8088,7 +8088,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys cpu_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.can_attach	= cpu_cgroup_can_attach,
 	.attach		= cpu_cgroup_attach,
 	.exit		= cpu_cgroup_exit,
-	.base_cftypes	= cpu_files,
+	.legacy_cftypes	= cpu_files,
 	.early_init	= 1,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
index 9cf350c94ec4e14fc8d30500eb6a308f121cb97f..dd7cbb55bbf2c98591dd31603790676136eafd82 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
@@ -278,6 +278,6 @@ void cpuacct_account_field(struct task_struct *p, int index, u64 val)
 struct cgroup_subsys cpuacct_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.css_alloc	= cpuacct_css_alloc,
 	.css_free	= cpuacct_css_free,
-	.base_cftypes	= files,
+	.legacy_cftypes	= files,
 	.early_init	= 1,
 };
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index a2a4bd69a7ae8e3c1fb5774d77eaa1464d97958e..8331f2739e2c42c1dda74795a86da51d028a26ed 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -7048,7 +7048,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys memory_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.cancel_attach = mem_cgroup_cancel_attach,
 	.attach = mem_cgroup_move_task,
 	.bind = mem_cgroup_bind,
-	.base_cftypes = mem_cgroup_files,
+	.legacy_cftypes = mem_cgroup_files,
 	.early_init = 0,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/core/netclassid_cgroup.c b/net/core/netclassid_cgroup.c
index 30d903b19c62095a51efeae2fedd96b9c943d13d..1f2a126f4ffa07a6e50cd2b57a6042afca3ee3ad 100644
--- a/net/core/netclassid_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/core/netclassid_cgroup.c
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ struct cgroup_subsys net_cls_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.css_online		= cgrp_css_online,
 	.css_free		= cgrp_css_free,
 	.attach			= cgrp_attach,
-	.base_cftypes		= ss_files,
+	.legacy_cftypes		= ss_files,
 };
diff --git a/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c b/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
index 2f385b9bccc0f3beae1fc3c7166f60310358ef54..cbd0a199bf52c79780e7935f1ed123f3f86758ec 100644
--- a/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys net_prio_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.css_online	= cgrp_css_online,
 	.css_free	= cgrp_css_free,
 	.attach		= net_prio_attach,
-	.base_cftypes	= ss_files,
+	.legacy_cftypes	= ss_files,
 };
 
 static int netprio_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
diff --git a/security/device_cgroup.c b/security/device_cgroup.c
index d9d69e6930edf5266e1c2bc77fff39528fee5467..188c1d26393b56bfd13814e7834119a440410114 100644
--- a/security/device_cgroup.c
+++ b/security/device_cgroup.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys devices_cgrp_subsys = {
 	.css_free = devcgroup_css_free,
 	.css_online = devcgroup_online,
 	.css_offline = devcgroup_offline,
-	.base_cftypes = dev_cgroup_files,
+	.legacy_cftypes = dev_cgroup_files,
 };
 
 /**