diff --git a/net/dccp/dccp.h b/net/dccp/dccp.h
index f97b85d55ad80ebab0e8388783eafb7a5ad3bcc8..e711f850053bb8f585ae2d7c170def334ff9e2fc 100644
--- a/net/dccp/dccp.h
+++ b/net/dccp/dccp.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ extern void dccp_time_wait(struct sock *sk, int state, int timeo);
 
 #define DCCP_RTO_MAX ((unsigned)(120 * HZ)) /* FIXME: using TCP value */
 
-extern struct proto dccp_v4_prot;
+extern struct proto dccp_prot;
 
 /* is seq1 < seq2 ? */
 static inline int before48(const u64 seq1, const u64 seq2)
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv4.c b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
index 0ce7d0fe5ee7e5ab041d94019c683418570f2b3d..9f69a67a4b0189c40018b12b7fd93da3949013eb 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv4.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ static struct request_sock_ops dccp_request_sock_ops = {
 	.send_reset	= dccp_v4_ctl_send_reset,
 };
 
-struct proto dccp_v4_prot = {
+struct proto dccp_prot = {
 	.name			= "DCCP",
 	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
 	.close			= dccp_close,
diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c
index 7b30c12147c2bc91a486587880718b8a412ba358..9cb2989f93b2954501a3d2eb2d35501b3adf3f5d 100644
--- a/net/dccp/proto.c
+++ b/net/dccp/proto.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ extern struct net_proto_family inet_family_ops;
 static struct inet_protosw dccp_v4_protosw = {
 	.type		= SOCK_DCCP,
 	.protocol	= IPPROTO_DCCP,
-	.prot		= &dccp_v4_prot,
+	.prot		= &dccp_prot,
 	.ops		= &inet_dccp_ops,
 	.capability	= -1,
 	.no_check	= 0,
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ static int __init dccp_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long goal;
 	int ehash_order, bhash_order, i;
-	int rc = proto_register(&dccp_v4_prot, 1);
+	int rc = proto_register(&dccp_prot, 1);
 
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ static int __init dccp_init(void)
 	kmem_cache_destroy(dccp_hashinfo.bind_bucket_cachep);
 	dccp_hashinfo.bind_bucket_cachep = NULL;
 out_proto_unregister:
-	proto_unregister(&dccp_v4_prot);
+	proto_unregister(&dccp_prot);
 	goto out;
 }
 
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static void __exit dccp_fini(void)
 		   get_order(dccp_hashinfo.ehash_size *
 			     sizeof(struct inet_ehash_bucket)));
 	kmem_cache_destroy(dccp_hashinfo.bind_bucket_cachep);
-	proto_unregister(&dccp_v4_prot);
+	proto_unregister(&dccp_prot);
 }
 
 module_init(dccp_init);