diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/generic.c b/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
index 7b9e1ec718d2638209be0b6667e7f9b1ed9452c1..9148b69785c5a7229769750190b155777276d623 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int is_activesync(struct usb_interface_descriptor *desc)
 		&& desc->bInterfaceProtocol == 1;
 }
 
-int choose_configuration(struct usb_device *udev)
+int usb_choose_configuration(struct usb_device *udev)
 {
 	int i;
 	int num_configs;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int generic_probe(struct usb_device *udev)
 	if (udev->authorized == 0)
 		dev_err(&udev->dev, "Device is not authorized for usage\n");
 	else {
-		c = choose_configuration(udev);
+		c = usb_choose_configuration(udev);
 		if (c >= 0) {
 			err = usb_set_configuration(udev, c);
 			if (err) {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index f725d9e62b5b6e2abf258e20c852ca9f78b29834..4c495c4d5053c86f54eadf2dbc46be4abd6ba1ff 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ int usb_authorize_device(struct usb_device *usb_dev)
 	/* Choose and set the configuration.  This registers the interfaces
 	 * with the driver core and lets interface drivers bind to them.
 	 */
-	c = choose_configuration(usb_dev);
+	c = usb_choose_configuration(usb_dev);
 	if (c >= 0) {
 		result = usb_set_configuration(usb_dev, c);
 		if (result) {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
index e22ec7f8eb155ad7b01df92bfb656546ba27cc03..c52626c51f70bd99859c170739eb20b7695937bb 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern int usb_get_device_descriptor(struct usb_device *dev,
 		unsigned int size);
 extern char *usb_cache_string(struct usb_device *udev, int index);
 extern int usb_set_configuration(struct usb_device *dev, int configuration);
-extern int choose_configuration(struct usb_device *udev);
+extern int usb_choose_configuration(struct usb_device *udev);
 
 extern void usb_kick_khubd(struct usb_device *dev);
 extern int usb_match_device(struct usb_device *dev,