diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index 93eda22fae1e..06154044818e 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ vhost_vsock_alloc_skb(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* len contains both payload and hdr */
-	skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_linear_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
index ce99b1d47bb8..cadf51f61ff4 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ static inline void virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 len)
 	skb_put(skb, len);
 }
 
-static inline struct sk_buff *virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t mask)
+static inline struct sk_buff *
+virtio_vsock_alloc_linear_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t mask)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
index 0c5fea7c26f3..3965ae106c4f 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static void virtio_vsock_rx_fill(struct virtio_vsock *vsock)
 	vq = vsock->vqs[VSOCK_VQ_RX];
 
 	do {
-		skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(total_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_linear_skb(total_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!skb)
 			break;
 
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 30db3ea20836..a561738c3c95 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ virtio_transport_alloc_skb(struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
 	void *payload;
 	int err;
 
-	skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(skb_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = virtio_vsock_alloc_linear_skb(skb_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;