diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
index a7aae24f2889a4578ebd90dad52ae72aab916116..166b67ea622f11563a33c539b78c5dafc7c2503f 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  */
 static struct ring_buffer *op_ring_buffer_read;
 static struct ring_buffer *op_ring_buffer_write;
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct oprofile_cpu_buffer, cpu_buffer);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct oprofile_cpu_buffer, op_cpu_buffer);
 
 static void wq_sync_buffer(struct work_struct *work);
 
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ unsigned long oprofile_get_cpu_buffer_size(void)
 
 void oprofile_cpu_buffer_inc_smpl_lost(void)
 {
-	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf
-		= &__get_cpu_var(cpu_buffer);
+	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &__get_cpu_var(op_cpu_buffer);
 
 	cpu_buf->sample_lost_overflow++;
 }
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ int alloc_cpu_buffers(void)
 		goto fail;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *b = &per_cpu(cpu_buffer, i);
+		struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *b = &per_cpu(op_cpu_buffer, i);
 
 		b->last_task = NULL;
 		b->last_is_kernel = -1;
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ void start_cpu_work(void)
 	work_enabled = 1;
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
-		struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *b = &per_cpu(cpu_buffer, i);
+		struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *b = &per_cpu(op_cpu_buffer, i);
 
 		/*
 		 * Spread the work by 1 jiffy per cpu so they dont all
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ void end_cpu_work(void)
 	work_enabled = 0;
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
-		struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *b = &per_cpu(cpu_buffer, i);
+		struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *b = &per_cpu(op_cpu_buffer, i);
 
 		cancel_delayed_work(&b->work);
 	}
@@ -330,7 +329,7 @@ static inline void
 __oprofile_add_ext_sample(unsigned long pc, struct pt_regs * const regs,
 			  unsigned long event, int is_kernel)
 {
-	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_buffer);
+	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &__get_cpu_var(op_cpu_buffer);
 	unsigned long backtrace = oprofile_backtrace_depth;
 
 	/*
@@ -375,7 +374,7 @@ oprofile_write_reserve(struct op_entry *entry, struct pt_regs * const regs,
 {
 	struct op_sample *sample;
 	int is_kernel = !user_mode(regs);
-	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_buffer);
+	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &__get_cpu_var(op_cpu_buffer);
 
 	cpu_buf->sample_received++;
 
@@ -430,13 +429,13 @@ int oprofile_write_commit(struct op_entry *entry)
 
 void oprofile_add_pc(unsigned long pc, int is_kernel, unsigned long event)
 {
-	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_buffer);
+	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &__get_cpu_var(op_cpu_buffer);
 	log_sample(cpu_buf, pc, 0, is_kernel, event);
 }
 
 void oprofile_add_trace(unsigned long pc)
 {
-	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_buffer);
+	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &__get_cpu_var(op_cpu_buffer);
 
 	if (!cpu_buf->tracing)
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h
index 272995d20293ab10aa4d77fb44d7f4bd79d76afb..68ea16ab645f3e3e134b56db9269df2044234b92 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct oprofile_cpu_buffer {
 	struct delayed_work work;
 };
 
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct oprofile_cpu_buffer, cpu_buffer);
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct oprofile_cpu_buffer, op_cpu_buffer);
 
 /*
  * Resets the cpu buffer to a sane state.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct oprofile_cpu_buffer, cpu_buffer);
  */
 static inline void op_cpu_buffer_reset(int cpu)
 {
-	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &per_cpu(cpu_buffer, cpu);
+	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &per_cpu(op_cpu_buffer, cpu);
 
 	cpu_buf->last_is_kernel = -1;
 	cpu_buf->last_task = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.c
index 61689e814d465fc90bb0652d0c5cec9380e185f5..917d28ebeacd24ab2a6f0f3772be1846b4011bb5 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void oprofile_reset_stats(void)
 	int i;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		cpu_buf = &per_cpu(cpu_buffer, i);
+		cpu_buf = &per_cpu(op_cpu_buffer, i);
 		cpu_buf->sample_received = 0;
 		cpu_buf->sample_lost_overflow = 0;
 		cpu_buf->backtrace_aborted = 0;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void oprofile_create_stats_files(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *root)
 		return;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		cpu_buf = &per_cpu(cpu_buffer, i);
+		cpu_buf = &per_cpu(op_cpu_buffer, i);
 		snprintf(buf, 10, "cpu%d", i);
 		cpudir = oprofilefs_mkdir(sb, dir, buf);