diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.rst b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.rst
index 28d9f9e1783f..04e16775c752 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.rst
@@ -921,10 +921,10 @@ This portion of the ``rcu_data`` structure is declared as follows:
 
 ::
 
-     1   int dynticks_snap;
+     1   int watching_snap;
      2   unsigned long dynticks_fqs;
 
-The ``->dynticks_snap`` field is used to take a snapshot of the
+The ``->watching_snap`` field is used to take a snapshot of the
 corresponding CPU's dyntick-idle state when forcing quiescent states,
 and is therefore accessed from other CPUs. Finally, the
 ``->dynticks_fqs`` field is used to count the number of times this CPU
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index ac3577ac10bd..a969d8ddc58e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -793,8 +793,8 @@ static int dyntick_save_progress_counter(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 	 * Ordering between remote CPU's pre idle accesses and post grace period
 	 * updater's accesses is enforced by the below acquire semantic.
 	 */
-	rdp->dynticks_snap = ct_rcu_watching_cpu_acquire(rdp->cpu);
-	if (rcu_watching_snap_in_eqs(rdp->dynticks_snap)) {
+	rdp->watching_snap = ct_rcu_watching_cpu_acquire(rdp->cpu);
+	if (rcu_watching_snap_in_eqs(rdp->watching_snap)) {
 		trace_rcu_fqs(rcu_state.name, rdp->gp_seq, rdp->cpu, TPS("dti"));
 		rcu_gpnum_ovf(rdp->mynode, rdp);
 		return 1;
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static int rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 	 * read-side critical section that started before the beginning
 	 * of the current RCU grace period.
 	 */
-	if (rcu_watching_snap_stopped_since(rdp, rdp->dynticks_snap)) {
+	if (rcu_watching_snap_stopped_since(rdp, rdp->watching_snap)) {
 		trace_rcu_fqs(rcu_state.name, rdp->gp_seq, rdp->cpu, TPS("dti"));
 		rcu_gpnum_ovf(rnp, rdp);
 		return 1;
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index fcf2b4aa3441..f5361a7d7269 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ struct rcu_data {
 	long		blimit;		/* Upper limit on a processed batch */
 
 	/* 3) dynticks interface. */
-	int dynticks_snap;		/* Per-GP tracking for dynticks. */
+	int  watching_snap;		/* Per-GP tracking for dynticks. */
 	bool rcu_need_heavy_qs;		/* GP old, so heavy quiescent state! */
 	bool rcu_urgent_qs;		/* GP old need light quiescent state. */
 	bool rcu_forced_tick;		/* Forced tick to provide QS. */