diff --git a/block/as-iosched.c b/block/as-iosched.c
index 802b5d0..631f6f4 100644
--- a/block/as-iosched.c
+++ b/block/as-iosched.c
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void as_exit_queue(elevator_t *e)
+static void as_exit_queue(struct elevator_queue *e)
 {
 	struct as_data *ad = e->elevator_data;
 
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t est_time_show(elevator_t *e, char *page)
+static ssize_t est_time_show(struct elevator_queue *e, char *page)
 {
 	struct as_data *ad = e->elevator_data;
 	int pos = 0;
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@
 }
 
 #define SHOW_FUNCTION(__FUNC, __VAR)				\
-static ssize_t __FUNC(elevator_t *e, char *page)		\
+static ssize_t __FUNC(struct elevator_queue *e, char *page)	\
 {								\
 	struct as_data *ad = e->elevator_data;			\
 	return as_var_show(jiffies_to_msecs((__VAR)), (page));	\
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@
 #undef SHOW_FUNCTION
 
 #define STORE_FUNCTION(__FUNC, __PTR, MIN, MAX)				\
-static ssize_t __FUNC(elevator_t *e, const char *page, size_t count)	\
+static ssize_t __FUNC(struct elevator_queue *e, const char *page, size_t count)	\
 {									\
 	struct as_data *ad = e->elevator_data;				\
 	int ret = as_var_store(__PTR, (page), count);			\
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index a2bfec7..adaf93a 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@
 		cfq_put_queue(cfqd->async_idle_cfqq);
 }
 
-static void cfq_exit_queue(elevator_t *e)
+static void cfq_exit_queue(struct elevator_queue *e)
 {
 	struct cfq_data *cfqd = e->elevator_data;
 	struct request_queue *q = cfqd->queue;
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@
 }
 
 #define SHOW_FUNCTION(__FUNC, __VAR, __CONV)				\
-static ssize_t __FUNC(elevator_t *e, char *page)			\
+static ssize_t __FUNC(struct elevator_queue *e, char *page)		\
 {									\
 	struct cfq_data *cfqd = e->elevator_data;			\
 	unsigned int __data = __VAR;					\
@@ -2308,7 +2308,7 @@
 #undef SHOW_FUNCTION
 
 #define STORE_FUNCTION(__FUNC, __PTR, MIN, MAX, __CONV)			\
-static ssize_t __FUNC(elevator_t *e, const char *page, size_t count)	\
+static ssize_t __FUNC(struct elevator_queue *e, const char *page, size_t count)	\
 {									\
 	struct cfq_data *cfqd = e->elevator_data;			\
 	unsigned int __data;						\
diff --git a/block/deadline-iosched.c b/block/deadline-iosched.c
index fd31117..c4d991d 100644
--- a/block/deadline-iosched.c
+++ b/block/deadline-iosched.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
 		&& list_empty(&dd->fifo_list[READ]);
 }
 
-static void deadline_exit_queue(elevator_t *e)
+static void deadline_exit_queue(struct elevator_queue *e)
 {
 	struct deadline_data *dd = e->elevator_data;
 
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
 }
 
 #define SHOW_FUNCTION(__FUNC, __VAR, __CONV)				\
-static ssize_t __FUNC(elevator_t *e, char *page)			\
+static ssize_t __FUNC(struct elevator_queue *e, char *page)		\
 {									\
 	struct deadline_data *dd = e->elevator_data;			\
 	int __data = __VAR;						\
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
 #undef SHOW_FUNCTION
 
 #define STORE_FUNCTION(__FUNC, __PTR, MIN, MAX, __CONV)			\
-static ssize_t __FUNC(elevator_t *e, const char *page, size_t count)	\
+static ssize_t __FUNC(struct elevator_queue *e, const char *page, size_t count)	\
 {									\
 	struct deadline_data *dd = e->elevator_data;			\
 	int __data;							\
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index ff60177..98259ed 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 static int elv_iosched_allow_merge(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (e->ops->elevator_allow_merge_fn)
 		return e->ops->elevator_allow_merge_fn(q, rq, bio);
@@ -208,13 +208,13 @@
 
 static struct kobj_type elv_ktype;
 
-static elevator_t *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q,
+static struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q,
 				  struct elevator_type *e)
 {
-	elevator_t *eq;
+	struct elevator_queue *eq;
 	int i;
 
-	eq = kmalloc_node(sizeof(elevator_t), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, q->node);
+	eq = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*eq), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, q->node);
 	if (unlikely(!eq))
 		goto err;
 
@@ -240,8 +240,9 @@
 
 static void elevator_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = container_of(kobj, elevator_t, kobj);
+	struct elevator_queue *e;
 
+	e = container_of(kobj, struct elevator_queue, kobj);
 	elevator_put(e->elevator_type);
 	kfree(e->hash);
 	kfree(e);
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elevator_init);
 
-void elevator_exit(elevator_t *e)
+void elevator_exit(struct elevator_queue *e)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&e->sysfs_lock);
 	if (e->ops->elevator_exit_fn)
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@
 
 static void elv_activate_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (e->ops->elevator_activate_req_fn)
 		e->ops->elevator_activate_req_fn(q, rq);
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@
 
 static void elv_deactivate_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (e->ops->elevator_deactivate_req_fn)
 		e->ops->elevator_deactivate_req_fn(q, rq);
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@
 
 static void elv_rqhash_add(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	BUG_ON(ELV_ON_HASH(rq));
 	hlist_add_head(&rq->hash, &e->hash[ELV_HASH_FN(rq_hash_key(rq))]);
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@
 
 static struct request *elv_rqhash_find(struct request_queue *q, sector_t offset)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 	struct hlist_head *hash_list = &e->hash[ELV_HASH_FN(offset)];
 	struct hlist_node *entry, *next;
 	struct request *rq;
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@
 
 int elv_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request **req, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 	struct request *__rq;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@
 
 void elv_merged_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int type)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (e->ops->elevator_merged_fn)
 		e->ops->elevator_merged_fn(q, rq, type);
@@ -543,7 +544,7 @@
 void elv_merge_requests(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 			     struct request *next)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (e->ops->elevator_merge_req_fn)
 		e->ops->elevator_merge_req_fn(q, rq, next);
@@ -846,7 +847,7 @@
 
 int elv_queue_empty(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (!list_empty(&q->queue_head))
 		return 0;
@@ -860,7 +861,7 @@
 
 struct request *elv_latter_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (e->ops->elevator_latter_req_fn)
 		return e->ops->elevator_latter_req_fn(q, rq);
@@ -869,7 +870,7 @@
 
 struct request *elv_former_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (e->ops->elevator_former_req_fn)
 		return e->ops->elevator_former_req_fn(q, rq);
@@ -878,7 +879,7 @@
 
 int elv_set_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (e->ops->elevator_set_req_fn)
 		return e->ops->elevator_set_req_fn(q, rq, gfp_mask);
@@ -889,7 +890,7 @@
 
 void elv_put_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (e->ops->elevator_put_req_fn)
 		e->ops->elevator_put_req_fn(rq);
@@ -897,7 +898,7 @@
 
 int elv_may_queue(struct request_queue *q, int rw)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	if (e->ops->elevator_may_queue_fn)
 		return e->ops->elevator_may_queue_fn(q, rw);
@@ -920,7 +921,7 @@
 
 void elv_completed_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
 	/*
 	 * request is released from the driver, io must be done
@@ -955,13 +956,14 @@
 static ssize_t
 elv_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, char *page)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = container_of(kobj, elevator_t, kobj);
 	struct elv_fs_entry *entry = to_elv(attr);
+	struct elevator_queue *e;
 	ssize_t error;
 
 	if (!entry->show)
 		return -EIO;
 
+	e = container_of(kobj, struct elevator_queue, kobj);
 	mutex_lock(&e->sysfs_lock);
 	error = e->ops ? entry->show(e, page) : -ENOENT;
 	mutex_unlock(&e->sysfs_lock);
@@ -972,13 +974,14 @@
 elv_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 	       const char *page, size_t length)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = container_of(kobj, elevator_t, kobj);
 	struct elv_fs_entry *entry = to_elv(attr);
+	struct elevator_queue *e;
 	ssize_t error;
 
 	if (!entry->store)
 		return -EIO;
 
+	e = container_of(kobj, struct elevator_queue, kobj);
 	mutex_lock(&e->sysfs_lock);
 	error = e->ops ? entry->store(e, page, length) : -ENOENT;
 	mutex_unlock(&e->sysfs_lock);
@@ -997,7 +1000,7 @@
 
 int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 	int error;
 
 	error = kobject_add(&e->kobj, &q->kobj, "%s", "iosched");
@@ -1015,7 +1018,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-static void __elv_unregister_queue(elevator_t *e)
+static void __elv_unregister_queue(struct elevator_queue *e)
 {
 	kobject_uevent(&e->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
 	kobject_del(&e->kobj);
@@ -1078,7 +1081,7 @@
  */
 static int elevator_switch(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *new_e)
 {
-	elevator_t *old_elevator, *e;
+	struct elevator_queue *old_elevator, *e;
 	void *data;
 
 	/*
@@ -1184,7 +1187,7 @@
 
 ssize_t elv_iosched_show(struct request_queue *q, char *name)
 {
-	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 	struct elevator_type *elv = e->elevator_type;
 	struct elevator_type *__e;
 	int len = 0;
diff --git a/block/noop-iosched.c b/block/noop-iosched.c
index c23e029..3a0d369 100644
--- a/block/noop-iosched.c
+++ b/block/noop-iosched.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 	return nd;
 }
 
-static void noop_exit_queue(elevator_t *e)
+static void noop_exit_queue(struct elevator_queue *e)
 {
 	struct noop_data *nd = e->elevator_data;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index d3a91ca..0766ce6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nbds_max; i++) {
 		struct gendisk *disk = alloc_disk(1 << part_shift);
-		elevator_t *old_e;
+		struct elevator_queue *old_e;
 		if (!disk)
 			goto out;
 		nbd_dev[i].disk = disk;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 41bbadf..7035cec 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 struct request_queue;
 struct elevator_queue;
-typedef struct elevator_queue elevator_t;
 struct request_pm_state;
 struct blk_trace;
 struct request;
@@ -313,7 +312,7 @@
 	 */
 	struct list_head	queue_head;
 	struct request		*last_merge;
-	elevator_t		*elevator;
+	struct elevator_queue	*elevator;
 
 	/*
 	 * the queue request freelist, one for reads and one for writes
diff --git a/include/linux/elevator.h b/include/linux/elevator.h
index 92f6f63..7a20425 100644
--- a/include/linux/elevator.h
+++ b/include/linux/elevator.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 typedef void (elevator_deactivate_req_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 
 typedef void *(elevator_init_fn) (struct request_queue *);
-typedef void (elevator_exit_fn) (elevator_t *);
+typedef void (elevator_exit_fn) (struct elevator_queue *);
 
 struct elevator_ops
 {
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 
 struct elv_fs_entry {
 	struct attribute attr;
-	ssize_t (*show)(elevator_t *, char *);
-	ssize_t (*store)(elevator_t *, const char *, size_t);
+	ssize_t (*show)(struct elevator_queue *, char *);
+	ssize_t (*store)(struct elevator_queue *, const char *, size_t);
 };
 
 /*
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 extern ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct request_queue *, const char *, size_t);
 
 extern int elevator_init(struct request_queue *, char *);
-extern void elevator_exit(elevator_t *);
+extern void elevator_exit(struct elevator_queue *);
 extern int elv_rq_merge_ok(struct request *, struct bio *);
 
 /*