diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 1c96b8da71df4..c8f38f303a90e 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skb(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk,
 	return false;
 }
 
-static void mptcp_stop_timer(struct sock *sk)
+static void mptcp_stop_rtx_timer(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 
@@ -911,12 +911,12 @@ static void __mptcp_flush_join_list(struct sock *sk, struct list_head *join_list
 	}
 }
 
-static bool mptcp_timer_pending(struct sock *sk)
+static bool mptcp_rtx_timer_pending(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	return timer_pending(&inet_csk(sk)->icsk_retransmit_timer);
 }
 
-static void mptcp_reset_timer(struct sock *sk)
+static void mptcp_reset_rtx_timer(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	unsigned long tout;
@@ -1050,10 +1050,10 @@ static void __mptcp_clean_una(struct sock *sk)
 out:
 	if (snd_una == READ_ONCE(msk->snd_nxt) &&
 	    snd_una == READ_ONCE(msk->write_seq)) {
-		if (mptcp_timer_pending(sk) && !mptcp_data_fin_enabled(msk))
-			mptcp_stop_timer(sk);
+		if (mptcp_rtx_timer_pending(sk) && !mptcp_data_fin_enabled(msk))
+			mptcp_stop_rtx_timer(sk);
 	} else {
-		mptcp_reset_timer(sk);
+		mptcp_reset_rtx_timer(sk);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1626,8 +1626,8 @@ void __mptcp_push_pending(struct sock *sk, unsigned int flags)
 		mptcp_push_release(ssk, &info);
 
 	/* ensure the rtx timer is running */
-	if (!mptcp_timer_pending(sk))
-		mptcp_reset_timer(sk);
+	if (!mptcp_rtx_timer_pending(sk))
+		mptcp_reset_rtx_timer(sk);
 	if (do_check_data_fin)
 		mptcp_check_send_data_fin(sk);
 }
@@ -1690,8 +1690,8 @@ static void __mptcp_subflow_push_pending(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk, bool
 	if (copied) {
 		tcp_push(ssk, 0, info.mss_now, tcp_sk(ssk)->nonagle,
 			 info.size_goal);
-		if (!mptcp_timer_pending(sk))
-			mptcp_reset_timer(sk);
+		if (!mptcp_rtx_timer_pending(sk))
+			mptcp_reset_rtx_timer(sk);
 
 		if (msk->snd_data_fin_enable &&
 		    msk->snd_nxt + 1 == msk->write_seq)
@@ -2260,7 +2260,7 @@ static void mptcp_retransmit_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 	sock_put(sk);
 }
 
-static void mptcp_timeout_timer(struct timer_list *t)
+static void mptcp_tout_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = from_timer(sk, t, sk_timer);
 
@@ -2629,14 +2629,14 @@ static void __mptcp_retrans(struct sock *sk)
 reset_timer:
 	mptcp_check_and_set_pending(sk);
 
-	if (!mptcp_timer_pending(sk))
-		mptcp_reset_timer(sk);
+	if (!mptcp_rtx_timer_pending(sk))
+		mptcp_reset_rtx_timer(sk);
 }
 
 /* schedule the timeout timer for the relevant event: either close timeout
  * or mp_fail timeout. The close timeout takes precedence on the mp_fail one
  */
-void mptcp_reset_timeout(struct mptcp_sock *msk, unsigned long fail_tout)
+void mptcp_reset_tout_timer(struct mptcp_sock *msk, unsigned long fail_tout)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)msk;
 	unsigned long timeout, close_timeout;
@@ -2669,7 +2669,7 @@ static void mptcp_mp_fail_no_response(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	WRITE_ONCE(mptcp_subflow_ctx(ssk)->fail_tout, 0);
 	unlock_sock_fast(ssk, slow);
 
-	mptcp_reset_timeout(msk, 0);
+	mptcp_reset_tout_timer(msk, 0);
 }
 
 static void mptcp_do_fastclose(struct sock *sk)
@@ -2758,7 +2758,7 @@ static void __mptcp_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
 
 	/* re-use the csk retrans timer for MPTCP-level retrans */
 	timer_setup(&msk->sk.icsk_retransmit_timer, mptcp_retransmit_timer, 0);
-	timer_setup(&sk->sk_timer, mptcp_timeout_timer, 0);
+	timer_setup(&sk->sk_timer, mptcp_tout_timer, 0);
 }
 
 static void mptcp_ca_reset(struct sock *sk)
@@ -2849,8 +2849,8 @@ void mptcp_subflow_shutdown(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk, int how)
 		} else {
 			pr_debug("Sending DATA_FIN on subflow %p", ssk);
 			tcp_send_ack(ssk);
-			if (!mptcp_timer_pending(sk))
-				mptcp_reset_timer(sk);
+			if (!mptcp_rtx_timer_pending(sk))
+				mptcp_reset_rtx_timer(sk);
 		}
 		break;
 	}
@@ -2933,7 +2933,7 @@ static void __mptcp_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
 
 	might_sleep();
 
-	mptcp_stop_timer(sk);
+	mptcp_stop_rtx_timer(sk);
 	sk_stop_timer(sk, &sk->sk_timer);
 	msk->pm.status = 0;
 	mptcp_release_sched(msk);
@@ -3053,7 +3053,7 @@ bool __mptcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 		__mptcp_destroy_sock(sk);
 		do_cancel_work = true;
 	} else {
-		mptcp_reset_timeout(msk, 0);
+		mptcp_reset_tout_timer(msk, 0);
 	}
 
 	return do_cancel_work;
@@ -3116,7 +3116,7 @@ static int mptcp_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
 	mptcp_check_listen_stop(sk);
 	inet_sk_state_store(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
 
-	mptcp_stop_timer(sk);
+	mptcp_stop_rtx_timer(sk);
 	sk_stop_timer(sk, &sk->sk_timer);
 
 	if (msk->token)
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index 7254b35625756..5e2026815c8e2 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ void mptcp_get_options(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 void mptcp_finish_connect(struct sock *sk);
 void __mptcp_set_connected(struct sock *sk);
-void mptcp_reset_timeout(struct mptcp_sock *msk, unsigned long fail_tout);
+void mptcp_reset_tout_timer(struct mptcp_sock *msk, unsigned long fail_tout);
 static inline bool mptcp_is_fully_established(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	return inet_sk_state_load(sk) == TCP_ESTABLISHED &&
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 2f40c23fdb0d6..433f290984c86 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ static void mptcp_subflow_fail(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk)
 	WRITE_ONCE(subflow->fail_tout, fail_tout);
 	tcp_send_ack(ssk);
 
-	mptcp_reset_timeout(msk, subflow->fail_tout);
+	mptcp_reset_tout_timer(msk, subflow->fail_tout);
 }
 
 static bool subflow_check_data_avail(struct sock *ssk)