diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
index 3cc2086b97f876ae75f33c1845ed77b0708c66f8..e3bd93c8492879e96a57994b93f80f16846d34ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  */
 extern void fpu__activate_curr(struct fpu *fpu);
 extern void fpu__activate_fpstate_read(struct fpu *fpu);
-extern void fpu__activate_fpstate(struct fpu *fpu);
+extern void fpu__activate_fpstate_write(struct fpu *fpu);
 extern void fpu__save(struct fpu *fpu);
 extern void fpu__restore(struct fpu *fpu);
 extern int  fpu__restore_sig(void __user *buf, int ia32_frame);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index 06cb7e3e9886ef019c44b0111d474d1c417d60fd..6b0955a62d340c36d57f82410594b3259b7b408f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ void fpu__activate_fpstate_read(struct fpu *fpu)
  *       the read-only case, it's not strictly necessary for
  *       read-only access to the context.
  */
-void fpu__activate_fpstate(struct fpu *fpu)
+void fpu__activate_fpstate_write(struct fpu *fpu)
 {
 	/*
 	 * If fpregs are active (in the current CPU), then
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c
index 4e40585a9c8f27cae514abcc13f467fea2121494..dc60810c1c74c6180d47149e93994957f5d3a9ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int xfpregs_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 	if (!cpu_has_fxsr)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	fpu__activate_fpstate(fpu);
+	fpu__activate_fpstate_write(fpu);
 	fpstate_sanitize_xstate(fpu);
 
 	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ int xstateregs_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 	if (!cpu_has_xsave)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	fpu__activate_fpstate(fpu);
+	fpu__activate_fpstate_write(fpu);
 
 	xsave = &fpu->state.xsave;
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ int fpregs_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 	struct user_i387_ia32_struct env;
 	int ret;
 
-	fpu__activate_fpstate(fpu);
+	fpu__activate_fpstate_write(fpu);
 	fpstate_sanitize_xstate(fpu);
 
 	if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU))