diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h b/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h
index a2cfd42608a0..cb798a50e8cf 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ extern void do_uml_exitcalls(void);
  * Are we disallowed to sleep? Used to choose between GFP_KERNEL and
  * GFP_ATOMIC.
  */
-extern int __cant_sleep(void);
+extern int __uml_cant_sleep(void);
 extern int get_current_pid(void);
 extern int copy_from_user_proc(void *to, void *from, int size);
 extern int cpu(void);
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/process.c b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
index b3fbfca49400..4b6179a8a3e8 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ void arch_cpu_idle(void)
 	raw_local_irq_enable();
 }
 
-int __cant_sleep(void) {
+int __uml_cant_sleep(void) {
 	return in_atomic() || irqs_disabled() || in_interrupt();
 	/* Is in_interrupt() really needed? */
 }
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
index 32e88baf18dd..4e429a41565c 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv)
 	unsigned long stack, sp;
 	int pid, fds[2], ret, n;
 
-	stack = alloc_stack(0, __cant_sleep());
+	stack = alloc_stack(0, __uml_cant_sleep());
 	if (stack == 0)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv)
 	data.pre_data = pre_data;
 	data.argv = argv;
 	data.fd = fds[1];
-	data.buf = __cant_sleep() ? uml_kmalloc(PATH_MAX, UM_GFP_ATOMIC) :
+	data.buf = __uml_cant_sleep() ? uml_kmalloc(PATH_MAX, UM_GFP_ATOMIC) :
 					uml_kmalloc(PATH_MAX, UM_GFP_KERNEL);
 	pid = clone(helper_child, (void *) sp, CLONE_VM, &data);
 	if (pid < 0) {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int run_helper_thread(int (*proc)(void *), void *arg, unsigned int flags,
 	unsigned long stack, sp;
 	int pid, status, err;
 
-	stack = alloc_stack(0, __cant_sleep());
+	stack = alloc_stack(0, __uml_cant_sleep());
 	if (stack == 0)
 		return -ENOMEM;