diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index 12ca46322a94f481f3345b398ae9738f28cc587a..6f28464be418d66a396145e3439ecf2cfb966a85 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct trace_entry {
 	int			pid;
 };
 
-#define FTRACE_MAX_EVENT						\
+#define TRACE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX						\
 	((1 << (sizeof(((struct trace_entry *)0)->type) * 8)) - 1)
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index d1a2feb54d0697fc15eef241b81e546dac9fc762..74dfe2e01d68427c595a7a67ad59db49accef76e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static int trace_search_list(struct list_head **list)
 	}
 
 	/* Did we used up all 65 thousand events??? */
-	if ((last + 1) > FTRACE_MAX_EVENT)
+	if ((last + 1) > TRACE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX)
 		return 0;
 
 	*list = &e->list;
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ int register_trace_event(struct trace_event *event)
 	if (!event->type) {
 		struct list_head *list = NULL;
 
-		if (next_event_type > FTRACE_MAX_EVENT) {
+		if (next_event_type > TRACE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX) {
 
 			event->type = trace_search_list(&list);
 			if (!event->type)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index 430b5d27828ec6715880debf7c795f5bf871e3e0..1bd593bbf7a56c1ddd5a6a9b6466f27f3eeafd53 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ void xs_init(pTHX)
 
 INTERP my_perl;
 
-#define FTRACE_MAX_EVENT				\
+#define TRACE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX				\
 	((1 << (sizeof(unsigned short) * 8)) - 1)
 
-static DECLARE_BITMAP(events_defined, FTRACE_MAX_EVENT);
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(events_defined, TRACE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX);
 
 extern struct scripting_context *scripting_context;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 5544b8cdd1ee4b777338b4767df30b080041a33c..ace2484985cb45c298529523d791736a25a5c12b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf_trace_context(void);
 
-#define FTRACE_MAX_EVENT				\
+#define TRACE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX				\
 	((1 << (sizeof(unsigned short) * 8)) - 1)
 
-static DECLARE_BITMAP(events_defined, FTRACE_MAX_EVENT);
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(events_defined, TRACE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX);
 
 #define MAX_FIELDS	64
 #define N_COMMON_FIELDS	7