diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 5ffa578cafe1c51b031386db2b0a940bed2e56fd..2c96c43c313a260659f82a822afe2a7f9c8a78ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPU_IDS (KVM_MAX_VCPUS * KVM_VCPU_ID_RATIO)
 
 /* memory slots that are not exposed to userspace */
-#define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 3
+#define KVM_INTERNAL_MEM_SLOTS 3
 
 #define KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT 200000
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 1c480b1821e18dd7eaf4589f77e8f1a9a59626c0..fd5c3b4715f843cf1b1916d6e55f40ae637d4ebb 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -656,12 +656,12 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_table {
 };
 #endif
 
-#ifndef KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS
-#define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 0
+#ifndef KVM_INTERNAL_MEM_SLOTS
+#define KVM_INTERNAL_MEM_SLOTS 0
 #endif
 
 #define KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM SHRT_MAX
-#define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS (KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM - KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS)
+#define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS (KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM - KVM_INTERNAL_MEM_SLOTS)
 
 #ifndef __KVM_VCPU_MULTIPLE_ADDRESS_SPACE
 static inline int kvm_arch_vcpu_memslots_id(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)