diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index c907f6f493511c4bbeff3ca1669911c52b36e5a9..391f558eb4d08b27ecded8ec86aa0359c99a715e 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -834,14 +834,13 @@ void ecryptfs_set_default_sizes(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat)
 	set_extent_mask_and_shift(crypt_stat);
 	crypt_stat->iv_bytes = ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_IV_BYTES;
 	if (crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_METADATA_IN_XATTR)
-		crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front =
-					ECRYPTFS_MINIMUM_HEADER_EXTENT_SIZE;
+		crypt_stat->metadata_size = ECRYPTFS_MINIMUM_HEADER_EXTENT_SIZE;
 	else {
 		if (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE <= ECRYPTFS_MINIMUM_HEADER_EXTENT_SIZE)
-			crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front =
+			crypt_stat->metadata_size =
 				ECRYPTFS_MINIMUM_HEADER_EXTENT_SIZE;
 		else
-			crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front =	PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+			crypt_stat->metadata_size = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1238,8 +1237,7 @@ ecryptfs_write_header_metadata(char *virt,
 
 	header_extent_size = (u32)crypt_stat->extent_size;
 	num_header_extents_at_front =
-		(u16)(crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front
-		      / crypt_stat->extent_size);
+		(u16)(crypt_stat->metadata_size / crypt_stat->extent_size);
 	put_unaligned_be32(header_extent_size, virt);
 	virt += 4;
 	put_unaligned_be16(num_header_extents_at_front, virt);
@@ -1382,7 +1380,7 @@ int ecryptfs_write_metadata(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry)
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	virt_len = crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front;
+	virt_len = crypt_stat->metadata_size;
 	order = get_order(virt_len);
 	/* Released in this function */
 	virt = (char *)ecryptfs_get_zeroed_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
@@ -1428,16 +1426,15 @@ static int parse_header_metadata(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
 	header_extent_size = get_unaligned_be32(virt);
 	virt += sizeof(__be32);
 	num_header_extents_at_front = get_unaligned_be16(virt);
-	crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front =
-		(((size_t)num_header_extents_at_front
-		  * (size_t)header_extent_size));
+	crypt_stat->metadata_size = (((size_t)num_header_extents_at_front
+				     * (size_t)header_extent_size));
 	(*bytes_read) = (sizeof(__be32) + sizeof(__be16));
 	if ((validate_header_size == ECRYPTFS_VALIDATE_HEADER_SIZE)
-	    && (crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front
+	    && (crypt_stat->metadata_size
 		< ECRYPTFS_MINIMUM_HEADER_EXTENT_SIZE)) {
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid header size: [%zd]\n",
-		       crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front);
+		       crypt_stat->metadata_size);
 	}
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -1452,8 +1449,7 @@ static int parse_header_metadata(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
  */
 static void set_default_header_data(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat)
 {
-	crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front =
-		ECRYPTFS_MINIMUM_HEADER_EXTENT_SIZE;
+	crypt_stat->metadata_size = ECRYPTFS_MINIMUM_HEADER_EXTENT_SIZE;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index 8456f70606ade5c486cf82f946b1e6658e0dfa46..d031efd7666b81b775b44395a715324f178bf711 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat {
 	u32 flags;
 	unsigned int file_version;
 	size_t iv_bytes;
-	size_t num_header_bytes_at_front;
+	size_t metadata_size;
 	size_t extent_size; /* Data extent size; default is 4096 */
 	size_t key_size;
 	size_t extent_shift;
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ ecryptfs_lower_header_size(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat)
 {
 	if (crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_METADATA_IN_XATTR)
 		return 0;
-	return crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front;
+	return crypt_stat->metadata_size;
 }
 
 static inline struct ecryptfs_file_info *
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 1a739531b0dde3796732b54bb0dea007a5fa5529..a50efb18701ce917269350eeb21a6f61a5589a4c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ int ecryptfs_lookup_and_interpose_lower(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
 		ecryptfs_dentry->d_sb)->mount_crypt_stat;
 	if (mount_crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPTED_VIEW_ENABLED) {
 		if (crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_METADATA_IN_XATTR)
-			file_size = (crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front
+			file_size = (crypt_stat->metadata_size
 				     + i_size_read(lower_dentry->d_inode));
 		else
 			file_size = i_size_read(lower_dentry->d_inode);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
index 5a30e01547f1e8aebf23c4545006f2d2e95e8174..270f42ae7c0d1b9adcc30c0dbb516ce89c4c6578 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ ecryptfs_copy_up_encrypted_with_header(struct page *page,
 					   * num_extents_per_page)
 					  + extent_num_in_page);
 		size_t num_header_extents_at_front =
-			(crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front
-			 / crypt_stat->extent_size);
+			(crypt_stat->metadata_size / crypt_stat->extent_size);
 
 		if (view_extent_num < num_header_extents_at_front) {
 			/* This is a header extent */
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ ecryptfs_copy_up_encrypted_with_header(struct page *page,
 			/* This is an encrypted data extent */
 			loff_t lower_offset =
 				((view_extent_num * crypt_stat->extent_size)
-				 - crypt_stat->num_header_bytes_at_front);
+				 - crypt_stat->metadata_size);
 
 			rc = ecryptfs_read_lower_page_segment(
 				page, (lower_offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT),