diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.c
index 931cba6..aa31346 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 bool has_cpuflag(int flag)
 {
-	get_flags();
+	get_cpuflags();
 
 	return test_bit(flag, cpu.flags);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c b/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c
index e1f3c16..100a9a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Returns a bitmask of which words we have error bits in */
-static int check_flags(void)
+static int check_cpuflags(void)
 {
 	u32 err;
 	int i;
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
 	if (has_eflag(X86_EFLAGS_AC))
 		cpu.level = 4;
 
-	get_flags();
-	err = check_flags();
+	get_cpuflags();
+	err = check_cpuflags();
 
 	if (test_bit(X86_FEATURE_LM, cpu.flags))
 		cpu.level = 64;
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
 		eax &= ~(1 << 15);
 		asm("wrmsr" : : "a" (eax), "d" (edx), "c" (ecx));
 
-		get_flags();	/* Make sure it really did something */
-		err = check_flags();
+		get_cpuflags();	/* Make sure it really did something */
+		err = check_cpuflags();
 	} else if (err == 0x01 &&
 		   !(err_flags[0] & ~(1 << X86_FEATURE_CX8)) &&
 		   is_centaur() && cpu.model >= 6) {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 		asm("wrmsr" : : "a" (eax), "d" (edx), "c" (ecx));
 
 		set_bit(X86_FEATURE_CX8, cpu.flags);
-		err = check_flags();
+		err = check_cpuflags();
 	} else if (err == 0x01 && is_transmeta()) {
 		/* Transmeta might have masked feature bits in word 0 */
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 		    : : "ecx", "ebx");
 		asm("wrmsr" : : "a" (eax), "d" (edx), "c" (ecx));
 
-		err = check_flags();
+		err = check_cpuflags();
 	}
 
 	if (err_flags_ptr)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
index b02544a..a9fcb7c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 	);
 }
 
-void get_flags(void)
+void get_cpuflags(void)
 {
 	u32 max_intel_level, max_amd_level;
 	u32 tfms;
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.h b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.h
index 9bb4e25..ea97697 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.h
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 extern u32 cpu_vendor[3];
 
 int has_eflag(unsigned long mask);
-void get_flags(void);
+void get_cpuflags(void);
 
 #endif