diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
index 3b5614b1d1a5..430a16283103 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ display-graph option::
    => remove_vma
    => exit_mmap
    => mmput
-   => flush_old_exec
+   => begin_new_exec
    => load_elf_binary
    => search_binary_handler
    => __do_execve_file.isra.32
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index 8255fdc3a027..385d3d172ee1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Flush all traces of the currently running executable */
-	retval = flush_old_exec(bprm);
+	retval = begin_new_exec(bprm);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index c8ba28f285e5..3e84e9bb9084 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Flush all traces of the currently running executable */
-	retval = flush_old_exec(bprm);
+	retval = begin_new_exec(bprm);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index e6b586623035..396d5c2e6b5e 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ out_free_interp:
 		goto out_free_dentry;
 
 	/* Flush all traces of the currently running executable */
-	retval = flush_old_exec(bprm);
+	retval = begin_new_exec(bprm);
 	if (retval)
 		goto out_free_dentry;
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index 9a1aa61b4cc3..896e3ca9bf85 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static int load_elf_fdpic_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		interp_params.flags |= ELF_FDPIC_FLAG_CONSTDISP;
 
 	/* flush all traces of the currently running executable */
-	retval = flush_old_exec(bprm);
+	retval = begin_new_exec(bprm);
 	if (retval)
 		goto error;
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index 252878969582..9b82bc111d0a 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 
 	/* Flush all traces of the currently running executable */
 	if (id == 0) {
-		ret = flush_old_exec(bprm);
+		ret = begin_new_exec(bprm);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;
 
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 0eff20558735..3cc40048cc65 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ void __set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, const char *buf, bool exec)
  * signal (via de_thread() or coredump), or will have SEGV raised
  * (after exec_mmap()) by search_binary_handlers (see below).
  */
-int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
+int begin_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 {
 	struct task_struct *me = current;
 	int retval;
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ out_unlock:
 out:
 	return retval;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_old_exec);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(begin_new_exec);
 
 void would_dump(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct file *file)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index 2a8fddf3574a..1b48e2154766 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ extern void unregister_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *);
 extern int prepare_binprm(struct linux_binprm *);
 extern int __must_check remove_arg_zero(struct linux_binprm *);
 extern int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *);
-extern int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm);
+extern int begin_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm);
 extern void setup_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm);
 extern void finalize_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern void would_dump(struct linux_binprm *, struct file *);