diff --git a/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h b/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
index 71e16d188fe8..0c7b785f1d8c 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
+++ b/fs/crypto/fscrypt_private.h
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ struct fscrypt_master_key {
 	 * A structural ref only guarantees that the struct continues to exist.
 	 *
 	 * There is one active ref associated with ->mk_secret being present,
-	 * and one active ref for each inode in ->mk_decrypted_inodes.
+	 * and one active ref for each inode in ->mk_active_infos.
 	 *
 	 * There is one structural ref associated with the active refcount being
 	 * nonzero.  Finding a key in the keyring also takes a structural ref,
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ struct fscrypt_master_key {
 	/*
 	 * The secret key material.  After FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY is
 	 * executed, this is wiped and no new inodes can be unlocked with this
-	 * key; however, there may still be inodes in ->mk_decrypted_inodes
+	 * key; however, there may still be inodes in ->mk_active_infos
 	 * which could not be evicted.  As long as some inodes still remain,
 	 * FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY can be retried, or
 	 * FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY can add the secret again.
@@ -587,11 +587,11 @@ struct fscrypt_master_key {
 	struct key		*mk_users;
 
 	/*
-	 * List of inodes that were unlocked using this key.  This allows the
-	 * inodes to be evicted efficiently if the key is removed.
+	 * List of infos that were unlocked using this key.  This allows the
+	 * owning objects to be evicted efficiently if the key is removed.
 	 */
-	struct list_head	mk_decrypted_inodes;
-	spinlock_t		mk_decrypted_inodes_lock;
+	struct list_head	mk_active_infos;
+	spinlock_t		mk_active_infos_lock;
 
 	/*
 	 * Per-mode encryption keys for the various types of encryption policies
diff --git a/fs/crypto/keyring.c b/fs/crypto/keyring.c
index f825d800867c..846f480da081 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/keyring.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/keyring.c
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ void fscrypt_put_master_key_activeref(struct fscrypt_master_key *mk)
 
 	/*
 	 * ->mk_active_refs == 0 implies that ->mk_secret is not present and
-	 * that ->mk_decrypted_inodes is empty.
+	 * that ->mk_active_infos is empty.
 	 */
 	WARN_ON(is_master_key_secret_present(&mk->mk_secret));
-	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes));
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&mk->mk_active_infos));
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= FSCRYPT_MODE_MAX; i++) {
 		fscrypt_destroy_prepared_key(
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ static int add_new_master_key(struct super_block *sb,
 	refcount_set(&mk->mk_struct_refs, 1);
 	mk->mk_spec = *mk_spec;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes);
-	spin_lock_init(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mk->mk_active_infos);
+	spin_lock_init(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 
 	if (mk_spec->type == FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_IDENTIFIER) {
 		err = allocate_master_key_users_keyring(mk);
@@ -882,9 +882,9 @@ static void evict_dentries_for_decrypted_objects(struct fscrypt_master_key *mk)
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct inode *toput_inode = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+	spin_lock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 
-	list_for_each_entry(ci, &mk->mk_decrypted_inodes, ci_master_key_link) {
+	list_for_each_entry(ci, &mk->mk_active_infos, ci_master_key_link) {
 		inode = ci->ci_inode;
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE | I_NEW)) {
@@ -893,16 +893,16 @@ static void evict_dentries_for_decrypted_objects(struct fscrypt_master_key *mk)
 		}
 		__iget(inode);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 
 		shrink_dcache_inode(inode);
 		iput(toput_inode);
 		toput_inode = inode;
 
-		spin_lock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+		spin_lock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 	iput(toput_inode);
 }
 
@@ -914,25 +914,25 @@ static int check_for_busy_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
 	unsigned long ino;
 	char ino_str[50] = "";
 
-	spin_lock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+	spin_lock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 
-	list_for_each(pos, &mk->mk_decrypted_inodes)
+	list_for_each(pos, &mk->mk_active_infos)
 		busy_count++;
 
 	if (busy_count == 0) {
-		spin_unlock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	{
 		/* select an example file to show for debugging purposes */
 		struct inode *inode =
-			list_first_entry(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes,
+			list_first_entry(&mk->mk_active_infos,
 					 struct fscrypt_info,
 					 ci_master_key_link)->ci_inode;
 		ino = inode->i_ino;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 
 	/* If the inode is currently being created, ino may still be 0. */
 	if (ino)
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ static int try_to_lock_encrypted_files(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	/*
 	 * An inode can't be evicted while it is dirty or has dirty pages.
-	 * Thus, we first have to clean the inodes in ->mk_decrypted_inodes.
+	 * Thus, we first have to clean the inodes in ->mk_active_infos.
 	 *
 	 * Just do it the easy way: call sync_filesystem().  It's overkill, but
 	 * it works, and it's more important to minimize the amount of caches we
diff --git a/fs/crypto/keysetup.c b/fs/crypto/keysetup.c
index 22e3ce5d61dc..cb3ba4e4f816 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/keysetup.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/keysetup.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static bool fscrypt_valid_master_key_size(const struct fscrypt_master_key *mk,
  *
  * If the master key is found in the filesystem-level keyring, then it is
  * returned in *mk_ret with its semaphore read-locked.  This is needed to ensure
- * that only one task links the fscrypt_info into ->mk_decrypted_inodes (as
+ * that only one task links the fscrypt_info into ->mk_active_infos (as
  * multiple tasks may race to create an fscrypt_info for the same inode), and to
  * synchronize the master key being removed with a new inode starting to use it.
  */
@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@ static void put_crypt_info(struct fscrypt_info *ci)
 		 * inode from a master key struct that already had its secret
 		 * removed, then complete the full removal of the struct.
 		 */
-		spin_lock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+		spin_lock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 		list_del(&ci->ci_master_key_link);
-		spin_unlock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 		fscrypt_put_master_key_activeref(mk);
 	}
 	memzero_explicit(ci, sizeof(*ci));
@@ -538,9 +538,9 @@ static bool fscrypt_set_inode_info(struct inode *inode,
 	if (mk) {
 		ci->ci_master_key = mk;
 		refcount_inc(&mk->mk_active_refs);
-		spin_lock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
-		list_add(&ci->ci_master_key_link, &mk->mk_decrypted_inodes);
-		spin_unlock(&mk->mk_decrypted_inodes_lock);
+		spin_lock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
+		list_add(&ci->ci_master_key_link, &mk->mk_active_infos);
+		spin_unlock(&mk->mk_active_infos_lock);
 	}
 	return true;
 }
