diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
index 0b4467e378e5..589858cb3203 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static int papr_scm_nvdimm_init(struct papr_scm_priv *p)
 	}
 
 	dimm_flags = 0;
-	set_bit(NDD_ALIASING, &dimm_flags);
+	set_bit(NDD_LABELING, &dimm_flags);
 
 	p->nvdimm = nvdimm_create(p->bus, p, NULL, dimm_flags,
 				  PAPR_SCM_DIMM_CMD_MASK, 0, NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index a3320f93616d..71d7f2aa1b12 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -2026,8 +2026,10 @@ static int acpi_nfit_register_dimms(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (nfit_mem->bdw && nfit_mem->memdev_pmem)
+		if (nfit_mem->bdw && nfit_mem->memdev_pmem) {
 			set_bit(NDD_ALIASING, &flags);
+			set_bit(NDD_LABELING, &flags);
+		}
 
 		/* collate flags across all memdevs for this dimm */
 		list_for_each_entry(nfit_memdev, &acpi_desc->memdevs, list) {
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm.c b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm.c
index 64776ed15bb3..7d4ddc4d9322 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static int nvdimm_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (ndd->ns_current >= 0) {
 		rc = nd_label_reserve_dpa(ndd);
 		if (rc == 0)
-			nvdimm_set_aliasing(dev);
+			nvdimm_set_labeling(dev);
 	}
 	nvdimm_bus_unlock(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
index 94ea6dba6b4f..64159d4d4b8f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int nvdimm_check_config_data(struct device *dev)
 
 	if (!nvdimm->cmd_mask ||
 	    !test_bit(ND_CMD_GET_CONFIG_DATA, &nvdimm->cmd_mask)) {
-		if (test_bit(NDD_ALIASING, &nvdimm->flags))
+		if (test_bit(NDD_LABELING, &nvdimm->flags))
 			return -ENXIO;
 		else
 			return -ENOTTY;
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ int nvdimm_set_config_data(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd, size_t offset,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-void nvdimm_set_aliasing(struct device *dev)
+void nvdimm_set_labeling(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct nvdimm *nvdimm = to_nvdimm(dev);
 
-	set_bit(NDD_ALIASING, &nvdimm->flags);
+	set_bit(NDD_LABELING, &nvdimm->flags);
 }
 
 void nvdimm_set_locked(struct device *dev)
@@ -312,8 +312,9 @@ static ssize_t flags_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct nvdimm *nvdimm = to_nvdimm(dev);
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%s%s\n",
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s%s%s\n",
 			test_bit(NDD_ALIASING, &nvdimm->flags) ? "alias " : "",
+			test_bit(NDD_LABELING, &nvdimm->flags) ? "label" : "",
 			test_bit(NDD_LOCKED, &nvdimm->flags) ? "lock " : "");
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(flags);
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
index aff1f32fdb4f..30cda9f235de 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
@@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@ static int init_active_labels(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 		if (!ndd) {
 			if (test_bit(NDD_LOCKED, &nvdimm->flags))
 				/* fail, label data may be unreadable */;
-			else if (test_bit(NDD_ALIASING, &nvdimm->flags))
+			else if (test_bit(NDD_LABELING, &nvdimm->flags))
 				/* fail, labels needed to disambiguate dpa */;
 			else
 				return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
index c9f6a5b5253a..ca39abe29c7c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ int nvdimm_set_config_data(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd, size_t offset,
 		void *buf, size_t len);
 long nvdimm_clear_poison(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys,
 		unsigned int len);
-void nvdimm_set_aliasing(struct device *dev);
+void nvdimm_set_labeling(struct device *dev);
 void nvdimm_set_locked(struct device *dev);
 void nvdimm_clear_locked(struct device *dev);
 int nvdimm_security_setup_events(struct device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
index a19e535830d9..a5fc6e4c56ff 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
@@ -195,16 +195,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nd_blk_region_set_provider_data);
 int nd_region_to_nstype(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 {
 	if (is_memory(&nd_region->dev)) {
-		u16 i, alias;
+		u16 i, label;
 
-		for (i = 0, alias = 0; i < nd_region->ndr_mappings; i++) {
+		for (i = 0, label = 0; i < nd_region->ndr_mappings; i++) {
 			struct nd_mapping *nd_mapping = &nd_region->mapping[i];
 			struct nvdimm *nvdimm = nd_mapping->nvdimm;
 
-			if (test_bit(NDD_ALIASING, &nvdimm->flags))
-				alias++;
+			if (test_bit(NDD_LABELING, &nvdimm->flags))
+				label++;
 		}
-		if (alias)
+		if (label)
 			return ND_DEVICE_NAMESPACE_PMEM;
 		else
 			return ND_DEVICE_NAMESPACE_IO;
diff --git a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
index 9df091bd30ba..18da4059be09 100644
--- a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
+++ b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ enum {
 	NDD_WORK_PENDING = 4,
 	/* ignore / filter NSLABEL_FLAG_LOCAL for this DIMM, i.e. no aliasing */
 	NDD_NOBLK = 5,
+	/* dimm supports namespace labels */
+	NDD_LABELING = 6,
 
 	/* need to set a limit somewhere, but yes, this is likely overkill */
 	ND_IOCTL_MAX_BUFLEN = SZ_4M,
