diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 3c974442bdf0..63e00f11022e 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ unsigned int dirtytime_expire_interval = 12 * 60 * 60;
 
 static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
 {
-	return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_wb_list);
+	return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_io_list);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -125,22 +125,22 @@ static void wb_io_lists_depopulated(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 }
 
 /**
- * inode_wb_list_move_locked - move an inode onto a bdi_writeback IO list
+ * inode_io_list_move_locked - move an inode onto a bdi_writeback IO list
  * @inode: inode to be moved
  * @wb: target bdi_writeback
  * @head: one of @wb->b_{dirty|io|more_io}
  *
- * Move @inode->i_wb_list to @list of @wb and set %WB_has_dirty_io.
+ * Move @inode->i_io_list to @list of @wb and set %WB_has_dirty_io.
  * Returns %true if @inode is the first occupant of the !dirty_time IO
  * lists; otherwise, %false.
  */
-static bool inode_wb_list_move_locked(struct inode *inode,
+static bool inode_io_list_move_locked(struct inode *inode,
 				      struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 				      struct list_head *head)
 {
 	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
 
-	list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, head);
+	list_move(&inode->i_io_list, head);
 
 	/* dirty_time doesn't count as dirty_io until expiration */
 	if (head != &wb->b_dirty_time)
@@ -151,19 +151,19 @@ static bool inode_wb_list_move_locked(struct inode *inode,
 }
 
 /**
- * inode_wb_list_del_locked - remove an inode from its bdi_writeback IO list
+ * inode_io_list_del_locked - remove an inode from its bdi_writeback IO list
  * @inode: inode to be removed
  * @wb: bdi_writeback @inode is being removed from
  *
  * Remove @inode which may be on one of @wb->b_{dirty|io|more_io} lists and
  * clear %WB_has_dirty_io if all are empty afterwards.
  */
-static void inode_wb_list_del_locked(struct inode *inode,
+static void inode_io_list_del_locked(struct inode *inode,
 				     struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
 	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
 
-	list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
+	list_del_init(&inode->i_io_list);
 	wb_io_lists_depopulated(wb);
 }
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static void inode_switch_wbs_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	/*
 	 * Once I_FREEING is visible under i_lock, the eviction path owns
-	 * the inode and we shouldn't modify ->i_wb_list.
+	 * the inode and we shouldn't modify ->i_io_list.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(inode->i_state & I_FREEING))
 		goto skip_switch;
@@ -390,16 +390,16 @@ static void inode_switch_wbs_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * is always correct including from ->b_dirty_time.  The transfer
 	 * preserves @inode->dirtied_when ordering.
 	 */
-	if (!list_empty(&inode->i_wb_list)) {
+	if (!list_empty(&inode->i_io_list)) {
 		struct inode *pos;
 
-		inode_wb_list_del_locked(inode, old_wb);
+		inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, old_wb);
 		inode->i_wb = new_wb;
-		list_for_each_entry(pos, &new_wb->b_dirty, i_wb_list)
+		list_for_each_entry(pos, &new_wb->b_dirty, i_io_list)
 			if (time_after_eq(inode->dirtied_when,
 					  pos->dirtied_when))
 				break;
-		inode_wb_list_move_locked(inode, new_wb, pos->i_wb_list.prev);
+		inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, new_wb, pos->i_io_list.prev);
 	} else {
 		inode->i_wb = new_wb;
 	}
@@ -961,12 +961,12 @@ void wb_start_background_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 /*
  * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
  */
-void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode *inode)
+void inode_io_list_del(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct bdi_writeback *wb;
 
 	wb = inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
-	inode_wb_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
+	inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
 	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 }
 
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 		if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
 			inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 	}
-	inode_wb_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty);
+	inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  */
 static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
-	inode_wb_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_more_io);
+	inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_more_io);
 }
 
 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 		if (older_than_this &&
 		    inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
 			break;
-		list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp);
+		list_move(&inode->i_io_list, &tmp);
 		moved++;
 		if (flags & EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME)
 			set_bit(__I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED, &inode->i_state);
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 		list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) {
 			inode = wb_inode(pos);
 			if (inode->i_sb == sb)
-				list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, dispatch_queue);
+				list_move(&inode->i_io_list, dispatch_queue);
 		}
 	}
 out:
@@ -1232,10 +1232,10 @@ static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		redirty_tail(inode, wb);
 	} else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
 		inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
-		inode_wb_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty_time);
+		inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty_time);
 	} else {
 		/* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
-		inode_wb_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
+		inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 	 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
 	 */
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL))
-		inode_wb_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
+		inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
 	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 	inode_sync_complete(inode);
 out:
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 			else
 				dirty_list = &wb->b_dirty_time;
 
-			wakeup_bdi = inode_wb_list_move_locked(inode, wb,
+			wakeup_bdi = inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb,
 							       dirty_list);
 
 			spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index a2de294f6b77..f09148e07198 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * inode->i_sb->s_inode_list_lock protects:
  *   inode->i_sb->s_inodes, inode->i_sb_list
  * bdi->wb.list_lock protects:
- *   bdi->wb.b_{dirty,io,more_io,dirty_time}, inode->i_wb_list
+ *   bdi->wb.b_{dirty,io,more_io,dirty_time}, inode->i_io_list
  * inode_hash_lock protects:
  *   inode_hashtable, inode->i_hash
  *
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ void inode_init_once(struct inode *inode)
 	memset(inode, 0, sizeof(*inode));
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&inode->i_hash);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_devices);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_wb_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_io_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_lru);
 	address_space_init_once(&inode->i_data);
 	i_size_ordered_init(inode);
@@ -525,8 +525,8 @@ static void evict(struct inode *inode)
 	BUG_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING));
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&inode->i_lru));
 
-	if (!list_empty(&inode->i_wb_list))
-		inode_wb_list_del(inode);
+	if (!list_empty(&inode->i_io_list))
+		inode_io_list_del(inode);
 
 	inode_sb_list_del(inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index ee1209c54eb1..71859c4d0b41 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ extern void inode_add_lru(struct inode *inode);
 /*
  * fs-writeback.c
  */
-extern void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode *inode);
+extern void inode_io_list_del(struct inode *inode);
 
 extern long get_nr_dirty_inodes(void);
 extern void evict_inodes(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 82dfc5519b4b..34cfa60db678 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ struct inode {
 	unsigned long		dirtied_time_when;
 
 	struct hlist_node	i_hash;
-	struct list_head	i_wb_list;	/* backing dev IO list */
+	struct list_head	i_io_list;	/* backing dev IO list */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
 	struct bdi_writeback	*i_wb;		/* the associated cgroup wb */
 
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index dac5bf59309d..ee8d7fd07be3 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 	nr_dirty = nr_io = nr_more_io = nr_dirty_time = 0;
 	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_dirty, i_wb_list)
+	list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_dirty, i_io_list)
 		nr_dirty++;
-	list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_io, i_wb_list)
+	list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_io, i_io_list)
 		nr_io++;
-	list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_more_io, i_wb_list)
+	list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_more_io, i_io_list)
 		nr_more_io++;
-	list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_dirty_time, i_wb_list)
+	list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_dirty_time, i_io_list)
 		if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME)
 			nr_dirty_time++;
 	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);