diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
index 5f985773417c..d72bceb10439 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ void kvm_mips_free_vcpus(struct kvm *kvm)
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
-		kvm_arch_vcpu_free(vcpu);
+		kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(vcpu);
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-void kvm_arch_vcpu_free(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+void kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	hrtimer_cancel(&vcpu->arch.comparecount_timer);
 
@@ -421,11 +421,6 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_free(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kmem_cache_free(kvm_vcpu_cache, vcpu);
 }
 
-void kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	kvm_arch_vcpu_free(vcpu);
-}
-
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 					struct kvm_guest_debug *dbg)
 {