diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Makefile b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
index 66cc3f36a954f7d7b9151a390bc9b4cc6bd758c8..6b363a50d18b0ad4ab73ff99978eb170fac56d7c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SBS)		+= sbs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_POWER_METER)	+= power_meter.o
 
 # processor has its own "processor." module_param namespace
-processor-y			:= processor_core.o processor_throttling.o
+processor-y			:= processor_driver.o processor_throttling.o
 processor-y			+= processor_idle.o processor_thermal.o
 processor-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ)	+= processor_perflib.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
similarity index 99%
rename from drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
rename to drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
index e9b7b402dbfb18d59f94786fad93e87dd74dd3a7..7b0f4c2a06e8034106b992e25c8ea3674b25eced 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 #define ACPI_PROCESSOR_LIMIT_THERMAL	1
 
 #define _COMPONENT		ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT
-ACPI_MODULE_NAME("processor_core");
+ACPI_MODULE_NAME("processor_driver");
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul Diefenbaugh");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ACPI Processor Driver");