diff --git a/mm/shrinker.c b/mm/shrinker.c
index e9644cda80b5..e2e832b15803 100644
--- a/mm/shrinker.c
+++ b/mm/shrinker.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ void set_shrinker_bit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int nid, int shrinker_id)
 
 static DEFINE_IDR(shrinker_idr);
 
-static int prealloc_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+static int shrinker_memcg_alloc(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 	int id, ret = -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int prealloc_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void unregister_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+static void shrinker_memcg_remove(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 	int id = shrinker->id;
 
@@ -298,12 +298,12 @@ void reparent_shrinker_deferred(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
 }
 #else
-static int prealloc_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+static int shrinker_memcg_alloc(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-static void unregister_memcg_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+static void shrinker_memcg_remove(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 }
 
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ struct shrinker *shrinker_alloc(unsigned int flags, const char *fmt, ...)
 	shrinker->seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS;
 
 	if (flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE) {
-		err = prealloc_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
+		err = shrinker_memcg_alloc(shrinker);
 		if (err == -ENOSYS) {
 			/* Memcg is not supported, fallback to non-memcg-aware shrinker. */
 			shrinker->flags &= ~SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE;
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ void shrinker_free(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 	shrinker_debugfs_name_free(shrinker);
 
 	if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE)
-		unregister_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
+		shrinker_memcg_remove(shrinker);
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 
 	if (debugfs_entry)