diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
index d70ec1ad10de05f20b6afa8fd6c82d67be0f727d..11e7e92ae726754150500d2dfe34f0c5f3650a2c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 /* Globals */
 static int zram_major;
-struct zram *devices;
+struct zram *zram_devices;
 
 /* Module params (documentation at end) */
 unsigned int num_devices;
@@ -801,14 +801,14 @@ static int __init zram_init(void)
 
 	/* Allocate the device array and initialize each one */
 	pr_info("Creating %u devices ...\n", num_devices);
-	devices = kzalloc(num_devices * sizeof(struct zram), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!devices) {
+	zram_devices = kzalloc(num_devices * sizeof(struct zram), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!zram_devices) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto unregister;
 	}
 
 	for (dev_id = 0; dev_id < num_devices; dev_id++) {
-		ret = create_device(&devices[dev_id], dev_id);
+		ret = create_device(&zram_devices[dev_id], dev_id);
 		if (ret)
 			goto free_devices;
 	}
@@ -817,8 +817,8 @@ static int __init zram_init(void)
 
 free_devices:
 	while (dev_id)
-		destroy_device(&devices[--dev_id]);
-	kfree(devices);
+		destroy_device(&zram_devices[--dev_id]);
+	kfree(zram_devices);
 unregister:
 	unregister_blkdev(zram_major, "zram");
 out:
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static void __exit zram_exit(void)
 	struct zram *zram;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_devices; i++) {
-		zram = &devices[i];
+		zram = &zram_devices[i];
 
 		destroy_device(zram);
 		if (zram->init_done)
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static void __exit zram_exit(void)
 
 	unregister_blkdev(zram_major, "zram");
 
-	kfree(devices);
+	kfree(zram_devices);
 	pr_debug("Cleanup done!\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.h
index abe5221c100dc467df1405a7016ac5dccf906a14..0e4b5409f9f7f177fca936eff2f975dc23dd02c9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct zram {
 	struct zram_stats stats;
 };
 
-extern struct zram *devices;
+extern struct zram *zram_devices;
 extern unsigned int num_devices;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 extern struct attribute_group zram_disk_attr_group;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c
index a70cc010d18da4d3eb0b620826595f394301dc01..0f001e89eb511d045b4660b5d26d149216e1587f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static struct zram *dev_to_zram(struct device *dev)
 	struct zram *zram = NULL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_devices; i++) {
-		zram = &devices[i];
+		zram = &zram_devices[i];
 		if (disk_to_dev(zram->disk) == dev)
 			break;
 	}