diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
index 91f5b13389c5ac9048ef8f64cbd049154f23fab7..8de0ac276499da729208e9da0f7aed1799f59958 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_pipe_fs.h
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ RPC_I(struct inode *inode)
 
 extern int rpc_queue_upcall(struct inode *, struct rpc_pipe_msg *);
 
-extern struct dentry *rpc_mkdir(char *, struct rpc_clnt *);
-extern int rpc_rmdir(struct dentry *);
+struct rpc_clnt;
+extern struct dentry *rpc_create_client_dir(const char *, struct rpc_clnt *);
+extern int rpc_remove_client_dir(struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry *rpc_mkpipe(struct dentry *, const char *, void *,
 				 const struct rpc_pipe_ops *, int flags);
 extern int rpc_unlink(struct dentry *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index ebfcf9b8990918d65db492add437ae46fa259e30..6ec37701a1654ca64f19479f5698626b98e895b4 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ rpc_setup_pipedir(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, char *dir_name)
 				"%s/clnt%x", dir_name,
 				(unsigned int)clntid++);
 		clnt->cl_pathname[sizeof(clnt->cl_pathname) - 1] = '\0';
-		clnt->cl_dentry = rpc_mkdir(clnt->cl_pathname, clnt);
+		clnt->cl_dentry = rpc_create_client_dir(clnt->cl_pathname, clnt);
 		if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry))
 			return 0;
 		error = PTR_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry);
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static struct rpc_clnt * rpc_new_client(const struct rpc_create_args *args, stru
 
 out_no_auth:
 	if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {
-		rpc_rmdir(clnt->cl_dentry);
+		rpc_remove_client_dir(clnt->cl_dentry);
 		rpc_put_mount();
 	}
 out_no_path:
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ rpc_free_client(struct kref *kref)
 	dprintk("RPC:       destroying %s client for %s\n",
 			clnt->cl_protname, clnt->cl_server);
 	if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {
-		rpc_rmdir(clnt->cl_dentry);
+		rpc_remove_client_dir(clnt->cl_dentry);
 		rpc_put_mount();
 	}
 	if (clnt->cl_parent != clnt) {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 2a4e6eb0a3e9a424c216c62c5eeeed810a78c376..08580bedc25f5ec6f86a435637b2341b260a267b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static int rpc_populate(struct dentry *parent,
 }
 
 /**
- * rpc_mkdir - Create a new directory in rpc_pipefs
+ * rpc_create_client_dir - Create a new rpc_client directory in rpc_pipefs
  * @path: path from the rpc_pipefs root to the new directory
  * @rpc_client: rpc client to associate with this directory
  *
@@ -764,8 +764,8 @@ static int rpc_populate(struct dentry *parent,
  * information about the client, together with any "pipes" that may
  * later be created using rpc_mkpipe().
  */
-struct dentry *
-rpc_mkdir(char *path, struct rpc_clnt *rpc_client)
+struct dentry *rpc_create_client_dir(const char *path,
+				     struct rpc_clnt *rpc_client)
 {
 	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
@@ -797,11 +797,10 @@ rpc_mkdir(char *path, struct rpc_clnt *rpc_client)
 }
 
 /**
- * rpc_rmdir - Remove a directory created with rpc_mkdir()
+ * rpc_remove_client_dir - Remove a directory created with rpc_create_client_dir()
  * @dentry: directory to remove
  */
-int
-rpc_rmdir(struct dentry *dentry)
+int rpc_remove_client_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent;
 	struct inode *dir;