diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h
index 4ea15ca89b2b1110c4d0f6032d8ddee9256fb0b4..52fd57f95c50078e9dc06536f9b5b7a39d9e0d51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static inline unsigned int acpi_processor_cstate_check(unsigned int max_cstate)
 	    boot_cpu_data.x86_model <= 0x05 &&
 	    boot_cpu_data.x86_mask < 0x0A)
 		return 1;
-	else if (c1e_detected)
+	else if (amd_e400_c1e_detected)
 		return 1;
 	else
 		return max_cstate;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h
index 38d87379e270596635ff569242c54ff71ad3ce69..f49253d75710e90bd31a86956d941b0cfb289940 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/idle.h
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ static inline void enter_idle(void) { }
 static inline void exit_idle(void) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
-void c1e_remove_cpu(int cpu);
+void amd_e400_remove_cpu(int cpu);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_IDLE_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 45636cefa186b427f558d98b7257a0f00dd405ec..b9c03fb3369a56a1ba7594e29c1d77885de016f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -758,10 +758,10 @@ static inline void __sti_mwait(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
 extern void mwait_idle_with_hints(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx);
 
 extern void select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
-extern void init_c1e_mask(void);
+extern void init_amd_e400_c1e_mask(void);
 
 extern unsigned long		boot_option_idle_override;
-extern bool			c1e_detected;
+extern bool			amd_e400_c1e_detected;
 
 enum idle_boot_override {IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE=0, IDLE_HALT, IDLE_NOMWAIT,
 			 IDLE_POLL, IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT};
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 1d59834396bdc145c630e671d1bccd7769689a88..745a602f204f70054cb81fe5a3815f16d9c83258 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ static void vgetcpu_set_mode(void)
 void __init identify_boot_cpu(void)
 {
 	identify_cpu(&boot_cpu_data);
-	init_c1e_mask();
+	init_amd_e400_c1e_mask();
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	sysenter_setup();
 	enable_sep_cpu();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index ff4554198981217172f8db1a43cac5228f1ff41d..2efbfb712fb7807a74c1377d2f667a165e60a6c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -538,45 +538,45 @@ int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	return (edx & MWAIT_EDX_C1);
 }
 
-bool c1e_detected;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(c1e_detected);
+bool amd_e400_c1e_detected;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(amd_e400_c1e_detected);
 
-static cpumask_var_t c1e_mask;
+static cpumask_var_t amd_e400_c1e_mask;
 
-void c1e_remove_cpu(int cpu)
+void amd_e400_remove_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-	if (c1e_mask != NULL)
-		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, c1e_mask);
+	if (amd_e400_c1e_mask != NULL)
+		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, amd_e400_c1e_mask);
 }
 
 /*
- * C1E aware idle routine. We check for C1E active in the interrupt
+ * AMD Erratum 400 aware idle routine. We check for C1E active in the interrupt
  * pending message MSR. If we detect C1E, then we handle it the same
  * way as C3 power states (local apic timer and TSC stop)
  */
-static void c1e_idle(void)
+static void amd_e400_idle(void)
 {
 	if (need_resched())
 		return;
 
-	if (!c1e_detected) {
+	if (!amd_e400_c1e_detected) {
 		u32 lo, hi;
 
 		rdmsr(MSR_K8_INT_PENDING_MSG, lo, hi);
 
 		if (lo & K8_INTP_C1E_ACTIVE_MASK) {
-			c1e_detected = true;
+			amd_e400_c1e_detected = true;
 			if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC))
 				mark_tsc_unstable("TSC halt in AMD C1E");
 			printk(KERN_INFO "System has AMD C1E enabled\n");
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (c1e_detected) {
+	if (amd_e400_c1e_detected) {
 		int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, c1e_mask)) {
-			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, c1e_mask);
+		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, amd_e400_c1e_mask)) {
+			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, amd_e400_c1e_mask);
 			/*
 			 * Force broadcast so ACPI can not interfere.
 			 */
@@ -619,17 +619,17 @@ void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		pm_idle = mwait_idle;
 	} else if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
 		/* E400: APIC timer interrupt does not wake up CPU from C1e */
-		printk(KERN_INFO "using C1E aware idle routine\n");
-		pm_idle = c1e_idle;
+		printk(KERN_INFO "using AMD E400 aware idle routine\n");
+		pm_idle = amd_e400_idle;
 	} else
 		pm_idle = default_idle;
 }
 
-void __init init_c1e_mask(void)
+void __init init_amd_e400_c1e_mask(void)
 {
-	/* If we're using c1e_idle, we need to allocate c1e_mask. */
-	if (pm_idle == c1e_idle)
-		zalloc_cpumask_var(&c1e_mask, GFP_KERNEL);
+	/* If we're using amd_e400_idle, we need to allocate amd_e400_c1e_mask. */
+	if (pm_idle == amd_e400_idle)
+		zalloc_cpumask_var(&amd_e400_c1e_mask, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 static int __init idle_setup(char *str)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 08776a953487f826dad0acc84b5b6e35f6272387..2c33633595cc093cc959733a29ff1be6face10d4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ void play_dead_common(void)
 {
 	idle_task_exit();
 	reset_lazy_tlbstate();
-	c1e_remove_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id());
+	amd_e400_remove_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id());
 
 	mb();
 	/* Ack it */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index d615b7d69bcaff7c29847b2eee37e4b08876dc90..431ab11c8c1b6736aec984754c9f6002d3542ad8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static void lapic_timer_check_state(int state, struct acpi_processor *pr,
 	if (cpu_has(&cpu_data(pr->id), X86_FEATURE_ARAT))
 		return;
 
-	if (c1e_detected)
+	if (amd_e400_c1e_detected)
 		type = ACPI_STATE_C1;
 
 	/*