diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 6ca8bf5f433c9c93981f808ac1cb60a442674f78..c01832d6953fc0863db7532aca909516d1796b72 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -2729,19 +2729,19 @@ static bool plane_crtc_active(const struct drm_plane_state *state)
 }
 
 /**
  * drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes - commit plane state
  * @dev: DRM device
- * @old_state: atomic state object with old state structures
+ * @state: atomic state object being committed
  * @flags: flags for committing plane state
  *
  * This function commits the new plane state using the plane and atomic helper
  * functions for planes and CRTCs. It assumes that the atomic state has already
  * been pushed into the relevant object state pointers, since this step can no
  * longer fail.
  *
- * It still requires the global state object @old_state to know which planes and
+ * It still requires the global state object @state to know which planes and
  * crtcs need to be updated though.
  *
  * Note that this function does all plane updates across all CRTCs in one step.
  * If the hardware can't support this approach look at
  * drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes_on_crtc() instead.
@@ -2768,36 +2768,36 @@ static bool plane_crtc_active(const struct drm_plane_state *state)
  * The drm_atomic_helper_commit() default implementation doesn't set the
  * ACTIVE_ONLY flag to most closely match the behaviour of the legacy helpers.
  * This should not be copied blindly by drivers.
  */
 void drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(struct drm_device *dev,
-				     struct drm_atomic_state *old_state,
+				     struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 				     uint32_t flags)
 {
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
 	struct drm_crtc_state *old_crtc_state, *new_crtc_state;
 	struct drm_plane *plane;
 	struct drm_plane_state *old_plane_state, *new_plane_state;
 	int i;
 	bool active_only = flags & DRM_PLANE_COMMIT_ACTIVE_ONLY;
 	bool no_disable = flags & DRM_PLANE_COMMIT_NO_DISABLE_AFTER_MODESET;
 
-	for_each_oldnew_crtc_in_state(old_state, crtc, old_crtc_state, new_crtc_state, i) {
+	for_each_oldnew_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, old_crtc_state, new_crtc_state, i) {
 		const struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs *funcs;
 
 		funcs = crtc->helper_private;
 
 		if (!funcs || !funcs->atomic_begin)
 			continue;
 
 		if (active_only && !new_crtc_state->active)
 			continue;
 
-		funcs->atomic_begin(crtc, old_state);
+		funcs->atomic_begin(crtc, state);
 	}
 
-	for_each_oldnew_plane_in_state(old_state, plane, old_plane_state, new_plane_state, i) {
+	for_each_oldnew_plane_in_state(state, plane, old_plane_state, new_plane_state, i) {
 		const struct drm_plane_helper_funcs *funcs;
 		bool disabling;
 
 		funcs = plane->helper_private;
 
@@ -2831,40 +2831,40 @@ void drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 			if (drm_atomic_crtc_needs_modeset(crtc_state) &&
 			    no_disable)
 				continue;
 
-			funcs->atomic_disable(plane, old_state);
+			funcs->atomic_disable(plane, state);
 		} else if (new_plane_state->crtc || disabling) {
-			funcs->atomic_update(plane, old_state);
+			funcs->atomic_update(plane, state);
 
 			if (!disabling && funcs->atomic_enable) {
 				if (drm_atomic_plane_enabling(old_plane_state, new_plane_state))
-					funcs->atomic_enable(plane, old_state);
+					funcs->atomic_enable(plane, state);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	for_each_oldnew_crtc_in_state(old_state, crtc, old_crtc_state, new_crtc_state, i) {
+	for_each_oldnew_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, old_crtc_state, new_crtc_state, i) {
 		const struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs *funcs;
 
 		funcs = crtc->helper_private;
 
 		if (!funcs || !funcs->atomic_flush)
 			continue;
 
 		if (active_only && !new_crtc_state->active)
 			continue;
 
-		funcs->atomic_flush(crtc, old_state);
+		funcs->atomic_flush(crtc, state);
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Signal end of framebuffer access here before hw_done. After hw_done,
 	 * a later commit might have already released the plane state.
 	 */
-	for_each_old_plane_in_state(old_state, plane, old_plane_state, i) {
+	for_each_old_plane_in_state(state, plane, old_plane_state, i) {
 		const struct drm_plane_helper_funcs *funcs = plane->helper_private;
 
 		if (funcs->end_fb_access)
 			funcs->end_fb_access(plane, old_plane_state);
 	}
