diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu.h
index 5b53b53ab5cf80f71e65b5e5298d5462652c05b5..9f77e7804f3b66e7c08e7ece91780b2df178c9ca 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_HAS_ASID
 	u64 id;
 #endif
-	unsigned int kvm_seq;
+	unsigned int vmalloc_seq;
 } mm_context_t;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_HAS_ASID
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index a64f61cb23d1926cbf506b2088bd9473e12f3d31..e1f644bc7cc504412613a08489dffbfc4ecc63bd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <asm/proc-fns.h>
 #include <asm-generic/mm_hooks.h>
 
-void __check_kvm_seq(struct mm_struct *mm);
+void __check_vmalloc_seq(struct mm_struct *mm);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_HAS_ASID
 
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ void check_and_switch_context(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *tsk);
 static inline void check_and_switch_context(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					    struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	if (unlikely(mm->context.kvm_seq != init_mm.context.kvm_seq))
-		__check_kvm_seq(mm);
+	if (unlikely(mm->context.vmalloc_seq != init_mm.context.vmalloc_seq))
+		__check_vmalloc_seq(mm);
 
 	if (irqs_disabled())
 		/*
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/context.c b/arch/arm/mm/context.c
index 7a27d7363be22f678df899f431b4cfa95898d1dc..bc4a5e9ebb78261c9c3058cf94374309286446f4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/context.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/context.c
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ void check_and_switch_context(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-	if (unlikely(mm->context.kvm_seq != init_mm.context.kvm_seq))
-		__check_kvm_seq(mm);
+	if (unlikely(mm->context.vmalloc_seq != init_mm.context.vmalloc_seq))
+		__check_vmalloc_seq(mm);
 
 	/*
 	 * Required during context switch to avoid speculative page table
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c b/arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c
index 5dcc2fd46c465fcf5ed2e8fc8f68767afe288408..88fd86cf3d9a536d63ba4b51589a9e04adea6d27 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c
@@ -47,18 +47,18 @@ int ioremap_page(unsigned long virt, unsigned long phys,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioremap_page);
 
-void __check_kvm_seq(struct mm_struct *mm)
+void __check_vmalloc_seq(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	unsigned int seq;
 
 	do {
-		seq = init_mm.context.kvm_seq;
+		seq = init_mm.context.vmalloc_seq;
 		memcpy(pgd_offset(mm, VMALLOC_START),
 		       pgd_offset_k(VMALLOC_START),
 		       sizeof(pgd_t) * (pgd_index(VMALLOC_END) -
 					pgd_index(VMALLOC_START)));
-		mm->context.kvm_seq = seq;
-	} while (seq != init_mm.context.kvm_seq);
+		mm->context.vmalloc_seq = seq;
+	} while (seq != init_mm.context.vmalloc_seq);
 }
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SMP) && !defined(CONFIG_ARM_LPAE)
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ static void unmap_area_sections(unsigned long virt, unsigned long size)
 		if (!pmd_none(pmd)) {
 			/*
 			 * Clear the PMD from the page table, and
-			 * increment the kvm sequence so others
+			 * increment the vmalloc sequence so others
 			 * notice this change.
 			 *
 			 * Note: this is still racy on SMP machines.
 			 */
 			pmd_clear(pmdp);
-			init_mm.context.kvm_seq++;
+			init_mm.context.vmalloc_seq++;
 
 			/*
 			 * Free the page table, if there was one.
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ static void unmap_area_sections(unsigned long virt, unsigned long size)
 	 * Ensure that the active_mm is up to date - we want to
 	 * catch any use-after-iounmap cases.
 	 */
-	if (current->active_mm->context.kvm_seq != init_mm.context.kvm_seq)
-		__check_kvm_seq(current->active_mm);
+	if (current->active_mm->context.vmalloc_seq != init_mm.context.vmalloc_seq)
+		__check_vmalloc_seq(current->active_mm);
 
 	flush_tlb_kernel_range(virt, end);
 }