diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/ccm.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/ccm.h
index 01efa779ab3163e09cb9f143542c3754fe79021d..c905898ab26e83db88f3e018d021e8e4650347e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/ccm.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/ccm.h
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ nfp_ccm_communicate(struct nfp_ccm *ccm, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 bool nfp_ccm_mbox_fits(struct nfp_net *nn, unsigned int size);
 struct sk_buff *
-nfp_ccm_mbox_alloc(struct nfp_net *nn, unsigned int req_size,
-		   unsigned int reply_size, gfp_t flags);
+nfp_ccm_mbox_msg_alloc(struct nfp_net *nn, unsigned int req_size,
+		       unsigned int reply_size, gfp_t flags);
 int nfp_ccm_mbox_communicate(struct nfp_net *nn, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     enum nfp_ccm_type type,
 			     unsigned int reply_size,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/ccm_mbox.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/ccm_mbox.c
index e5acd96c3335c1518f575bc6cd59329b9f0f7630..53995d53aa3f6f9b25e5d769557eab77d2961643 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/ccm_mbox.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/ccm_mbox.c
@@ -564,8 +564,8 @@ int nfp_ccm_mbox_communicate(struct nfp_net *nn, struct sk_buff *skb,
 }
 
 struct sk_buff *
-nfp_ccm_mbox_alloc(struct nfp_net *nn, unsigned int req_size,
-		   unsigned int reply_size, gfp_t flags)
+nfp_ccm_mbox_msg_alloc(struct nfp_net *nn, unsigned int req_size,
+		       unsigned int reply_size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	unsigned int max_size;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/crypto/tls.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/crypto/tls.c
index c638223e9f60956bec0f3b689b204bb44a1d4c3d..b7d7317d71d12481e5f6a62ab36f004a8f4d1002 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/crypto/tls.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/crypto/tls.c
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ nfp_net_tls_conn_remove(struct nfp_net *nn, enum tls_offload_ctx_dir direction)
 static struct sk_buff *
 nfp_net_tls_alloc_simple(struct nfp_net *nn, size_t req_sz, gfp_t flags)
 {
-	return nfp_ccm_mbox_alloc(nn, req_sz,
-				  sizeof(struct nfp_crypto_reply_simple),
-				  flags);
+	return nfp_ccm_mbox_msg_alloc(nn, req_sz,
+				      sizeof(struct nfp_crypto_reply_simple),
+				      flags);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ nfp_net_tls_add(struct net_device *netdev, struct sock *sk,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	skb = nfp_ccm_mbox_alloc(nn, req_sz, sizeof(*reply), GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = nfp_ccm_mbox_msg_alloc(nn, req_sz, sizeof(*reply), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_conn_remove;