diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index cf88c1f98270..356a7a3dcb2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ following two functions.
 	a queue (device) has been associated with the bio and
 	before submission.
 
-  wbc_account_io(@wbc, @page, @bytes)
+  wbc_account_cgroup_owner(@wbc, @page, @bytes)
 	Should be called for each data segment being written out.
 	While this function doesn't care exactly when it's called
 	during the writeback session, it's the easiest and most
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index db337e53aab3..5106008f5e28 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2911,7 +2911,7 @@ static int submit_extent_page(unsigned int opf, struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 			bio = NULL;
 		} else {
 			if (wbc)
-				wbc_account_io(wbc, page, page_size);
+				wbc_account_cgroup_owner(wbc, page, page_size);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@ static int submit_extent_page(unsigned int opf, struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 	bio->bi_opf = opf;
 	if (wbc) {
 		wbc_init_bio(wbc, bio);
-		wbc_account_io(wbc, page, page_size);
+		wbc_account_cgroup_owner(wbc, page, page_size);
 	}
 
 	*bio_ret = bio;
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index e450c55f6434..40547bbbea94 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -3093,7 +3093,7 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
 
 	if (wbc) {
 		wbc_init_bio(wbc, bio);
-		wbc_account_io(wbc, bh->b_page, bh->b_size);
+		wbc_account_cgroup_owner(wbc, bh->b_page, bh->b_size);
 	}
 
 	submit_bio(bio);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 4690618a92e9..56e287f5ee50 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static int io_submit_add_bh(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
 	ret = bio_add_page(io->io_bio, page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));
 	if (ret != bh->b_size)
 		goto submit_and_retry;
-	wbc_account_io(io->io_wbc, page, bh->b_size);
+	wbc_account_cgroup_owner(io->io_wbc, page, bh->b_size);
 	io->io_next_block++;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index eda4181d2092..e1cab1717ac7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ int f2fs_submit_page_bio(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
 	}
 
 	if (fio->io_wbc && !is_read_io(fio->op))
-		wbc_account_io(fio->io_wbc, page, PAGE_SIZE);
+		wbc_account_cgroup_owner(fio->io_wbc, page, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	bio_set_op_attrs(bio, fio->op, fio->op_flags);
 
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ void f2fs_submit_page_write(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
 	}
 
 	if (fio->io_wbc)
-		wbc_account_io(fio->io_wbc, bio_page, PAGE_SIZE);
+		wbc_account_cgroup_owner(fio->io_wbc, bio_page, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	io->last_block_in_bio = fio->new_blkaddr;
 	f2fs_trace_ios(fio, 0);
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index a8a40bc26c2f..0aef79e934bb 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ void wbc_detach_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_detach_inode);
 
 /**
- * wbc_account_io - account IO issued during writeback
+ * wbc_account_cgroup_owner - account writeback to update inode cgroup ownership
  * @wbc: writeback_control of the writeback in progress
  * @page: page being written out
  * @bytes: number of bytes being written out
@@ -715,8 +715,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_detach_inode);
  * controlled by @wbc.  Keep the book for foreign inode detection.  See
  * wbc_detach_inode().
  */
-void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page,
-		    size_t bytes)
+void wbc_account_cgroup_owner(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page,
+			      size_t bytes)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 	int id;
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page,
 	else
 		wbc->wb_tcand_bytes -= min(bytes, wbc->wb_tcand_bytes);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_account_io);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_account_cgroup_owner);
 
 /**
  * inode_congested - test whether an inode is congested
diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 436a85260394..a63620cdb73a 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static int __mpage_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 	 * the confused fail path above (OOM) will be very confused when
 	 * it finds all bh marked clean (i.e. it will not write anything)
 	 */
-	wbc_account_io(wbc, page, PAGE_SIZE);
+	wbc_account_cgroup_owner(wbc, page, PAGE_SIZE);
 	length = first_unmapped << blkbits;
 	if (bio_add_page(bio, page, length, 0) < length) {
 		bio = mpage_bio_submit(REQ_OP_WRITE, op_flags, bio);
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 738a0c24874f..dda5cf228172 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ void wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc,
 				 struct inode *inode)
 	__releases(&inode->i_lock);
 void wbc_detach_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc);
-void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page,
-		    size_t bytes);
+void wbc_account_cgroup_owner(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page,
+			      size_t bytes);
 void cgroup_writeback_umount(void);
 
 /**
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ static inline void wbc_init_bio(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct bio *bio)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control *wbc,
-				  struct page *page, size_t bytes)
+static inline void wbc_account_cgroup_owner(struct writeback_control *wbc,
+					    struct page *page, size_t bytes)
 {
 }
 
