diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.h b/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.h
index cf7f1d205c1301b37c6d398e127672d719f7a50b..f969267895be6d20ecee417840b3a35a03d24497 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.h
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ struct vmbus_channel {
 	/* Allocated memory for ring buffer */
 	void *RingBufferPages;
 	u32 RingBufferPageCount;
-	RING_BUFFER_INFO Outbound;	/* send to parent */
-	RING_BUFFER_INFO Inbound;	/* receive from parent */
+	struct hv_ring_buffer_info Outbound;	/* send to parent */
+	struct hv_ring_buffer_info Inbound;	/* receive from parent */
 	spinlock_t inbound_lock;
 	struct workqueue_struct *ControlWQ;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c b/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c
index ac8cb69147c4c00c94357161a6dd988d0d117e98..f4efe7feee94b963352678b418b1dcd6df8bb2e2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 --*/
 static inline void
-GetRingBufferAvailBytes(RING_BUFFER_INFO *rbi, u32 *read, u32 *write)
+GetRingBufferAvailBytes(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *rbi, u32 *read, u32 *write)
 {
 	u32 read_loc, write_loc;
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ GetRingBufferAvailBytes(RING_BUFFER_INFO *rbi, u32 *read, u32 *write)
 
 --*/
 static inline u32
-GetNextWriteLocation(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
+GetNextWriteLocation(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo)
 {
 	u32 next = RingInfo->RingBuffer->WriteIndex;
 
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ GetNextWriteLocation(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
 
 --*/
 static inline void
-SetNextWriteLocation(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, u32 NextWriteLocation)
+SetNextWriteLocation(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo,
+		     u32 NextWriteLocation)
 {
 	RingInfo->RingBuffer->WriteIndex = NextWriteLocation;
 }
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ SetNextWriteLocation(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, u32 NextWriteLocation)
 
 --*/
 static inline u32
-GetNextReadLocation(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
+GetNextReadLocation(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo)
 {
 	u32 next = RingInfo->RingBuffer->ReadIndex;
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ GetNextReadLocation(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
 
 --*/
 static inline u32
-GetNextReadLocationWithOffset(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, u32 Offset)
+GetNextReadLocationWithOffset(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo, u32 Offset)
 {
 	u32 next = RingInfo->RingBuffer->ReadIndex;
 
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ GetNextReadLocationWithOffset(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, u32 Offset)
 
 --*/
 static inline void
-SetNextReadLocation(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, u32 NextReadLocation)
+SetNextReadLocation(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo, u32 NextReadLocation)
 {
 	RingInfo->RingBuffer->ReadIndex = NextReadLocation;
 }
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ SetNextReadLocation(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, u32 NextReadLocation)
 
 --*/
 static inline void *
-GetRingBuffer(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
+GetRingBuffer(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo)
 {
 	return (void *)RingInfo->RingBuffer->Buffer;
 }
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ GetRingBuffer(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
 
 --*/
 static inline u32
-GetRingBufferSize(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
+GetRingBufferSize(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo)
 {
 	return RingInfo->RingDataSize;
 }
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ GetRingBufferSize(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
 
 --*/
 static inline u64
-GetRingBufferIndices(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
+GetRingBufferIndices(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo)
 {
 	return ((u64)RingInfo->RingBuffer->WriteIndex << 32)
 	|| RingInfo->RingBuffer->ReadIndex;
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ GetRingBufferIndices(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
 	Dump out to console the ring buffer info
 
 --*/
-void DumpRingInfo(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, char *Prefix)
+void DumpRingInfo(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo, char *Prefix)
 {
 	u32 bytesAvailToWrite;
 	u32 bytesAvailToRead;
@@ -233,14 +234,14 @@ void DumpRingInfo(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, char *Prefix)
 
 static u32
 CopyToRingBuffer(
-	RING_BUFFER_INFO	*RingInfo,
+	struct hv_ring_buffer_info	*RingInfo,
 	u32				StartWriteOffset,
 	void				*Src,
 	u32				SrcLen);
 
 static u32
 CopyFromRingBuffer(
-	RING_BUFFER_INFO	*RingInfo,
+	struct hv_ring_buffer_info	*RingInfo,
 	void				*Dest,
 	u32				DestLen,
 	u32				StartReadOffset);
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ CopyFromRingBuffer(
 	Get various debug metrics for the specified ring buffer
 
 --*/
-void RingBufferGetDebugInfo(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo,
+void RingBufferGetDebugInfo(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo,
 			    struct hv_ring_buffer_debug_info *debug_info)
 {
 	u32 bytesAvailToWrite;
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ void RingBufferGetDebugInfo(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo,
 	Get the interrupt mask for the specified ring buffer
 
 --*/
-u32 GetRingBufferInterruptMask(RING_BUFFER_INFO *rbi)
+u32 GetRingBufferInterruptMask(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *rbi)
 {
 	return rbi->RingBuffer->InterruptMask;
 }
@@ -299,12 +300,12 @@ u32 GetRingBufferInterruptMask(RING_BUFFER_INFO *rbi)
 	Initialize the ring buffer
 
 --*/
-int RingBufferInit(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, void *Buffer, u32 BufferLen)
+int RingBufferInit(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo, void *Buffer, u32 BufferLen)
 {
 	if (sizeof(RING_BUFFER) != PAGE_SIZE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	memset(RingInfo, 0, sizeof(RING_BUFFER_INFO));
+	memset(RingInfo, 0, sizeof(struct hv_ring_buffer_info));
 
 	RingInfo->RingBuffer = (RING_BUFFER *)Buffer;
 	RingInfo->RingBuffer->ReadIndex = RingInfo->RingBuffer->WriteIndex = 0;
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ int RingBufferInit(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, void *Buffer, u32 BufferLen)
 	Cleanup the ring buffer
 
 --*/
-void RingBufferCleanup(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
+void RingBufferCleanup(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo)
 {
 }
 
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ void RingBufferCleanup(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo)
 	Write to the ring buffer
 
 --*/
-int RingBufferWrite(RING_BUFFER_INFO *OutRingInfo,
+int RingBufferWrite(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *OutRingInfo,
 		    struct scatterlist *sglist, u32 sgcount)
 {
 	int i = 0;
@@ -424,7 +425,7 @@ int RingBufferWrite(RING_BUFFER_INFO *OutRingInfo,
 	Read without advancing the read index
 
 --*/
-int RingBufferPeek(RING_BUFFER_INFO *InRingInfo, void *Buffer, u32 BufferLen)
+int RingBufferPeek(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *InRingInfo, void *Buffer, u32 BufferLen)
 {
 	u32 bytesAvailToWrite;
 	u32 bytesAvailToRead;
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ int RingBufferPeek(RING_BUFFER_INFO *InRingInfo, void *Buffer, u32 BufferLen)
 	Read and advance the read index
 
 --*/
-int RingBufferRead(RING_BUFFER_INFO *InRingInfo, void *Buffer,
+int RingBufferRead(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *InRingInfo, void *Buffer,
 		   u32 BufferLen, u32 Offset)
 {
 	u32 bytesAvailToWrite;
@@ -548,7 +549,7 @@ int RingBufferRead(RING_BUFFER_INFO *InRingInfo, void *Buffer,
 --*/
 static u32
 CopyToRingBuffer(
-	RING_BUFFER_INFO	*RingInfo,
+	struct hv_ring_buffer_info	*RingInfo,
 	u32				StartWriteOffset,
 	void				*Src,
 	u32				SrcLen)
@@ -586,7 +587,7 @@ CopyToRingBuffer(
 --*/
 static u32
 CopyFromRingBuffer(
-	RING_BUFFER_INFO	*RingInfo,
+	struct hv_ring_buffer_info	*RingInfo,
 	void				*Dest,
 	u32				DestLen,
 	u32				StartReadOffset)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.h b/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.h
index 64a6989ec0a5ae2186e7b1bdcd2b978ce7d74b82..2d941f3eab0ca61b965b76c0a4c11fac6dd877c2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.h
@@ -53,15 +53,14 @@ typedef struct _RING_BUFFER {
 	u8 Buffer[0];
 } __attribute__((packed)) RING_BUFFER;
 
-typedef struct _RING_BUFFER_INFO {
+struct hv_ring_buffer_info {
 	RING_BUFFER *RingBuffer;
 	u32 RingSize;			/* Include the shared header */
 	spinlock_t ring_lock;
 
 	u32 RingDataSize;		/* < ringSize */
 	u32 RingDataStartOffset;
-
-} RING_BUFFER_INFO;
+};
 
 struct hv_ring_buffer_debug_info {
 	u32 CurrentInterruptMask;
@@ -76,26 +75,28 @@ struct hv_ring_buffer_debug_info {
 /* Interface */
 
 
-int RingBufferInit(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, void *Buffer, u32 BufferLen);
+int RingBufferInit(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo, void *Buffer,
+		   u32 BufferLen);
 
-void RingBufferCleanup(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo);
+void RingBufferCleanup(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo);
 
-int RingBufferWrite(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo,
+int RingBufferWrite(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo,
 		    struct scatterlist *sglist,
 		    u32 sgcount);
 
-int RingBufferPeek(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, void *Buffer, u32 BufferLen);
+int RingBufferPeek(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo, void *Buffer,
+		   u32 BufferLen);
 
-int RingBufferRead(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo,
+int RingBufferRead(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo,
 		   void *Buffer,
 		   u32 BufferLen,
 		   u32 Offset);
 
-u32 GetRingBufferInterruptMask(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo);
+u32 GetRingBufferInterruptMask(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo);
 
-void DumpRingInfo(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo, char *Prefix);
+void DumpRingInfo(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo, char *Prefix);
 
-void RingBufferGetDebugInfo(RING_BUFFER_INFO *RingInfo,
+void RingBufferGetDebugInfo(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *RingInfo,
 			    struct hv_ring_buffer_debug_info *debug_info);
 
 #endif /* _RING_BUFFER_H_ */