diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 66dd214b302a..f45f5eb4514f 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ extern long populate_vma_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 extern long faultin_vma_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				   unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 				   bool write, int *locked);
-extern bool mlock_future_check(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long flags,
+extern bool mlock_future_ok(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long flags,
 			       unsigned long bytes);
 /*
  * mlock_vma_folio() and munlock_vma_folio():
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 28d2c489a7e5..e1624cb2c04e 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static int check_brk_limits(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(mapped_addr))
 		return mapped_addr;
 
-	return mlock_future_check(current->mm, current->mm->def_flags, len)
+	return mlock_future_ok(current->mm, current->mm->def_flags, len)
 		? 0 : -EAGAIN;
 }
 static int do_brk_flags(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *brkvma,
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ static inline unsigned long round_hint_to_min(unsigned long hint)
 	return hint;
 }
 
-bool mlock_future_check(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long flags,
+bool mlock_future_ok(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long flags,
 			unsigned long bytes)
 {
 	unsigned long locked_pages, limit_pages;
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		if (!can_do_mlock())
 			return -EPERM;
 
-	if (!mlock_future_check(mm, vm_flags, len))
+	if (!mlock_future_ok(mm, vm_flags, len))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	if (file) {
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ static int acct_stack_growth(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* mlock limit tests */
-	if (!mlock_future_check(mm, vma->vm_flags, grow << PAGE_SHIFT))
+	if (!mlock_future_ok(mm, vma->vm_flags, grow << PAGE_SHIFT))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Check to ensure the stack will not grow into a hugetlb-only region */
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index bcfcb8df5875..da107f2c71bf 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *vma_to_resize(unsigned long addr,
 	if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_PFNMAP))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 
-	if (!mlock_future_check(mm, vma->vm_flags, new_len - old_len))
+	if (!mlock_future_ok(mm, vma->vm_flags, new_len - old_len))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 
 	if (!may_expand_vm(mm, vma->vm_flags,
diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
index 58d2af12df4f..86442a15d12f 100644
--- a/mm/secretmem.c
+++ b/mm/secretmem.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int secretmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE)) == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!mlock_future_check(vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_flags | VM_LOCKED, len))
+	if (!mlock_future_ok(vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_flags | VM_LOCKED, len))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	vm_flags_set(vma, VM_LOCKED | VM_DONTDUMP);