diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index ef62727c4e702d3bcf715b9c5d2a4b067741441f..03970a42b35296dd503c939958057656b34a5522 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ static inline int timer_pending(const struct timer_list * timer)
 }
 
 extern void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu);
-extern int del_timer(struct timer_list * timer);
 extern int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
 extern int mod_timer_pending(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
 extern int timer_reduce(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
@@ -190,6 +189,7 @@ extern void add_timer(struct timer_list *timer);
 
 extern int try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
 extern int timer_delete_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
+extern int timer_delete(struct timer_list *timer);
 
 /**
  * del_timer_sync - Delete a pending timer and wait for a running callback
@@ -204,6 +204,19 @@ static inline int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
 	return timer_delete_sync(timer);
 }
 
+/**
+ * del_timer - Delete a pending timer
+ * @timer:	The timer to be deleted
+ *
+ * See timer_delete() for detailed explanation.
+ *
+ * Do not use in new code. Use timer_delete() instead.
+ */
+static inline int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+	return timer_delete(timer);
+}
+
 extern void init_timers(void);
 extern void run_local_timers(void);
 struct hrtimer;
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 7f4164c95abf6da18d4f1388081a7827004b720f..76982f1244bec43e17917e156a5fa556591a2024 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_timer_on);
 
 /**
- * del_timer - Deactivate a timer.
+ * timer_delete - Deactivate a timer
  * @timer:	The timer to be deactivated
  *
  * The function only deactivates a pending timer, but contrary to
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_timer_on);
  * * %0 - The timer was not pending
  * * %1 - The timer was pending and deactivated
  */
-int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
+int timer_delete(struct timer_list *timer)
 {
 	struct timer_base *base;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(del_timer);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(timer_delete);
 
 /**
  * try_to_del_timer_sync - Try to deactivate a timer