diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 9d2073e2ecc92f5c97d51178236d8b2bc63ac029..756f74eed35d40a025db67fb7a847185db1ef9df 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ enum ctx_state ist_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		 * but we need to notify RCU.
 		 */
 		rcu_nmi_enter();
-		prev_state = IN_KERNEL;  /* the value is irrelevant. */
+		prev_state = CONTEXT_KERNEL;  /* the value is irrelevant. */
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/context_tracking.h b/include/linux/context_tracking.h
index 37b81bd51ec0e48ce7ec9c24608aeca3ca92ad36..427b056dfd3de5fc556a355042c16fa3914abb33 100644
--- a/include/linux/context_tracking.h
+++ b/include/linux/context_tracking.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline enum ctx_state exception_enter(void)
 static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx)
 {
 	if (context_tracking_is_enabled()) {
-		if (prev_ctx == IN_USER)
+		if (prev_ctx == CONTEXT_USER)
 			context_tracking_user_enter();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/context_tracking_state.h b/include/linux/context_tracking_state.h
index 97a81225d037396fb8faae2fa0b3189ee045f7cb..8076f875c32407986e928dea723c809878b5b077 100644
--- a/include/linux/context_tracking_state.h
+++ b/include/linux/context_tracking_state.h
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ struct context_tracking {
 	 */
 	bool active;
 	enum ctx_state {
-		IN_KERNEL = 0,
-		IN_USER,
+		CONTEXT_KERNEL = 0,
+		CONTEXT_USER,
 	} state;
 };
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static inline bool context_tracking_cpu_is_enabled(void)
 
 static inline bool context_tracking_in_user(void)
 {
-	return __this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) == IN_USER;
+	return __this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) == CONTEXT_USER;
 }
 #else
 static inline bool context_tracking_in_user(void) { return false; }
diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
index 937ecdfdf2589cc896522286a4da2e3d4f097bf9..8ad53c9d38b66ccfd9f0d993718537a544b581b3 100644
--- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
+++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void context_tracking_user_enter(void)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->mm);
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	if ( __this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) != IN_USER) {
+	if ( __this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) != CONTEXT_USER) {
 		if (__this_cpu_read(context_tracking.active)) {
 			trace_user_enter(0);
 			/*
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void context_tracking_user_enter(void)
 		 * OTOH we can spare the calls to vtime and RCU when context_tracking.active
 		 * is false because we know that CPU is not tickless.
 		 */
-		__this_cpu_write(context_tracking.state, IN_USER);
+		__this_cpu_write(context_tracking.state, CONTEXT_USER);
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void context_tracking_user_exit(void)
 		return;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	if (__this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) == IN_USER) {
+	if (__this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) == CONTEXT_USER) {
 		if (__this_cpu_read(context_tracking.active)) {
 			/*
 			 * We are going to run code that may use RCU. Inform
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void context_tracking_user_exit(void)
 			vtime_user_exit(current);
 			trace_user_exit(0);
 		}
-		__this_cpu_write(context_tracking.state, IN_KERNEL);
+		__this_cpu_write(context_tracking.state, CONTEXT_KERNEL);
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index f0f831e8a345d835f4cb21bf899c50ab67042b43..06b9a00871e0e5a7a9ae827b48e1ea278407d001 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2818,7 +2818,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __sched schedule_user(void)
 	 * we find a better solution.
 	 *
 	 * NB: There are buggy callers of this function.  Ideally we
-	 * should warn if prev_state != IN_USER, but that will trigger
+	 * should warn if prev_state != CONTEXT_USER, but that will trigger
 	 * too frequently to make sense yet.
 	 */
 	enum ctx_state prev_state = exception_enter();