diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h b/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h
index d5b13bc..561e861 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 /*
  * the rw-semaphore definition
- * - if activity is 0 then there are no active readers or writers
- * - if activity is +ve then that is the number of active readers
- * - if activity is -1 then there is one active writer
+ * - if count is 0 then there are no active readers or writers
+ * - if count is +ve then that is the number of active readers
+ * - if count is -1 then there is one active writer
  * - if wait_list is not empty, then there are processes waiting for the semaphore
  */
 struct rw_semaphore {
-	__s32			activity;
+	__s32			count;
 	raw_spinlock_t		wait_lock;
 	struct list_head	wait_list;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem-spinlock.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem-spinlock.c
index 9be8a91..2c93571 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem-spinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem-spinlock.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags)) {
-		ret = (sem->activity != 0);
+		ret = (sem->count != 0);
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 	}
 	return ret;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 	debug_check_no_locks_freed((void *)sem, sizeof(*sem));
 	lockdep_init_map(&sem->dep_map, name, key, 0);
 #endif
-	sem->activity = 0;
+	sem->count = 0;
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&sem->wait_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sem->wait_list);
 }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 		waiter = list_entry(next, struct rwsem_waiter, list);
 	} while (waiter->type != RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE);
 
-	sem->activity += woken;
+	sem->count += woken;
 
  out:
 	return sem;
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 
-	if (sem->activity >= 0 && list_empty(&sem->wait_list)) {
+	if (sem->count >= 0 && list_empty(&sem->wait_list)) {
 		/* granted */
-		sem->activity++;
+		sem->count++;
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 
-	if (sem->activity >= 0 && list_empty(&sem->wait_list)) {
+	if (sem->count >= 0 && list_empty(&sem->wait_list)) {
 		/* granted */
-		sem->activity++;
+		sem->count++;
 		ret = 1;
 	}
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 		 * itself into sleep and waiting for system woke it or someone
 		 * else in the head of the wait list up.
 		 */
-		if (sem->activity == 0)
+		if (sem->count == 0)
 			break;
 		set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 	}
 	/* got the lock */
-	sem->activity = -1;
+	sem->count = -1;
 	list_del(&waiter.list);
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 
-	if (sem->activity == 0) {
+	if (sem->count == 0) {
 		/* got the lock */
-		sem->activity = -1;
+		sem->count = -1;
 		ret = 1;
 	}
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 
-	if (--sem->activity == 0 && !list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
+	if (--sem->count == 0 && !list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
 		sem = __rwsem_wake_one_writer(sem);
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 
-	sem->activity = 0;
+	sem->count = 0;
 	if (!list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
 		sem = __rwsem_do_wake(sem, 1);
 
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
 
-	sem->activity = 1;
+	sem->count = 1;
 	if (!list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
 		sem = __rwsem_do_wake(sem, 0);