diff --git a/include/linux/selinux.h b/include/linux/selinux.h
index df9098de4c99206178debb12c99cec17fbd593df..d1b7ca6c1c57af517e0b1f00b7e97f4c78c0c1d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/selinux.h
+++ b/include/linux/selinux.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void selinux_audit_rule_free(struct selinux_audit_rule *rule);
 
 /**
  *	selinux_audit_rule_match - determine if a context ID matches a rule.
- *	@ctxid: the context ID to check
+ *	@sid: the context ID to check
  *	@field: the field this rule refers to
  *	@op: the operater the rule uses
  *	@rule: pointer to the audit rule to check against
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void selinux_audit_rule_free(struct selinux_audit_rule *rule);
  *	Returns 1 if the context id matches the rule, 0 if it does not, and
  *	-errno on failure.
  */
-int selinux_audit_rule_match(u32 ctxid, u32 field, u32 op,
+int selinux_audit_rule_match(u32 sid, u32 field, u32 op,
                              struct selinux_audit_rule *rule,
                              struct audit_context *actx);
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static inline void selinux_audit_rule_free(struct selinux_audit_rule *rule)
 	return;
 }
 
-static inline int selinux_audit_rule_match(u32 ctxid, u32 field, u32 op,
+static inline int selinux_audit_rule_match(u32 sid, u32 field, u32 op,
                                            struct selinux_audit_rule *rule,
                                            struct audit_context *actx)
 {
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 22ed17c1771893fdb5777335816886f02ab87b18..988079f4529402b157afcf49248789db0cf408db 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ int selinux_audit_rule_init(u32 field, u32 op, char *rulestr,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int selinux_audit_rule_match(u32 ctxid, u32 field, u32 op,
+int selinux_audit_rule_match(u32 sid, u32 field, u32 op,
                              struct selinux_audit_rule *rule,
                              struct audit_context *actx)
 {
@@ -2026,11 +2026,11 @@ int selinux_audit_rule_match(u32 ctxid, u32 field, u32 op,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ctxt = sidtab_search(&sidtab, ctxid);
+	ctxt = sidtab_search(&sidtab, sid);
 	if (!ctxt) {
 		audit_log(actx, GFP_ATOMIC, AUDIT_SELINUX_ERR,
 		          "selinux_audit_rule_match: unrecognized SID %d\n",
-		          ctxid);
+		          sid);
 		match = -ENOENT;
 		goto out;
 	}