diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
index f25e7ec..36403511 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
+++ b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@
 void vfp_null_entry(void);
 
 void (*vfp_vector)(void) = vfp_null_entry;
-union vfp_state *last_VFP_context[NR_CPUS];
+
+/*
+ * The pointer to the vfpstate structure of the thread which currently
+ * owns the context held in the VFP hardware, or NULL if the hardware
+ * context is invalid.
+ */
+union vfp_state *vfp_current_hw_state[NR_CPUS];
 
 /*
  * Dual-use variable.
@@ -57,12 +63,12 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * Disable VFP to ensure we initialize it first.  We must ensure
-	 * that the modification of last_VFP_context[] and hardware disable
+	 * that the modification of vfp_current_hw_state[] and hardware disable
 	 * are done for the same CPU and without preemption.
 	 */
 	cpu = get_cpu();
-	if (last_VFP_context[cpu] == vfp)
-		last_VFP_context[cpu] = NULL;
+	if (vfp_current_hw_state[cpu] == vfp)
+		vfp_current_hw_state[cpu] = NULL;
 	fmxr(FPEXC, fmrx(FPEXC) & ~FPEXC_EN);
 	put_cpu();
 }
@@ -73,8 +79,8 @@
 	union vfp_state *vfp = &thread->vfpstate;
 	unsigned int cpu = get_cpu();
 
-	if (last_VFP_context[cpu] == vfp)
-		last_VFP_context[cpu] = NULL;
+	if (vfp_current_hw_state[cpu] == vfp)
+		vfp_current_hw_state[cpu] = NULL;
 	put_cpu();
 }
 
@@ -129,9 +135,9 @@
 		 * case the thread migrates to a different CPU. The
 		 * restoring is done lazily.
 		 */
-		if ((fpexc & FPEXC_EN) && last_VFP_context[cpu]) {
-			vfp_save_state(last_VFP_context[cpu], fpexc);
-			last_VFP_context[cpu]->hard.cpu = cpu;
+		if ((fpexc & FPEXC_EN) && vfp_current_hw_state[cpu]) {
+			vfp_save_state(vfp_current_hw_state[cpu], fpexc);
+			vfp_current_hw_state[cpu]->hard.cpu = cpu;
 		}
 		/*
 		 * Thread migration, just force the reloading of the
@@ -139,7 +145,7 @@
 		 * contain stale data.
 		 */
 		if (thread->vfpstate.hard.cpu != cpu)
-			last_VFP_context[cpu] = NULL;
+			vfp_current_hw_state[cpu] = NULL;
 #endif
 
 		/*
@@ -415,7 +421,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* clear any information we had about last context state */
-	memset(last_VFP_context, 0, sizeof(last_VFP_context));
+	memset(vfp_current_hw_state, 0, sizeof(vfp_current_hw_state));
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -451,7 +457,7 @@
 	 * If the thread we're interested in is the current owner of the
 	 * hardware VFP state, then we need to save its state.
 	 */
-	if (last_VFP_context[cpu] == &thread->vfpstate) {
+	if (vfp_current_hw_state[cpu] == &thread->vfpstate) {
 		u32 fpexc = fmrx(FPEXC);
 
 		/*
@@ -473,7 +479,7 @@
 	 * If the thread we're interested in is the current owner of the
 	 * hardware VFP state, then we need to save its state.
 	 */
-	if (last_VFP_context[cpu] == &thread->vfpstate) {
+	if (vfp_current_hw_state[cpu] == &thread->vfpstate) {
 		u32 fpexc = fmrx(FPEXC);
 
 		fmxr(FPEXC, fpexc & ~FPEXC_EN);
@@ -482,7 +488,7 @@
 		 * Set the context to NULL to force a reload the next time
 		 * the thread uses the VFP.
 		 */
-		last_VFP_context[cpu] = NULL;
+		vfp_current_hw_state[cpu] = NULL;
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -514,7 +520,7 @@
 {
 	if (action == CPU_DYING || action == CPU_DYING_FROZEN) {
 		unsigned int cpu = (long)hcpu;
-		last_VFP_context[cpu] = NULL;
+		vfp_current_hw_state[cpu] = NULL;
 	} else if (action == CPU_STARTING || action == CPU_STARTING_FROZEN)
 		vfp_enable(NULL);
 	return NOTIFY_OK;