diff --git a/Documentation/tutorials/ovn-openstack.rst b/Documentation/tutorials/ovn-openstack.rst
index c6dff5e..dfd18da 100644
--- a/Documentation/tutorials/ovn-openstack.rst
+++ b/Documentation/tutorials/ovn-openstack.rst
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ as the output port::
 
   ct_next(ct_state=est|trk /* default (use --ct to customize) */)
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
-   6. ls_in_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct_label.blocked == 0 && (inport == "ap" && ip4), priority 2002, uuid a12b39f0
+   6. ls_in_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct.blocked == 0 && (inport == "ap" && ip4), priority 2002, uuid a12b39f0
       next;
   13. ls_in_l2_lkup (ovn-northd.c:3529): eth.dst == fa:16:3e:f6:e2:8f, priority 50, uuid c43ead31
       outport = "17d870";
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ Finally the logical switch for ``n2`` runs through the same logic as
 
   ct_next(ct_state=est|trk /* default (use --ct to customize) */)
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
-   4. ls_out_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct_label.blocked == 0 && (outport == "cp" && ip4 && ip4.src == $as_ip4_0fc1b6cf_f925_49e6_8f00_6dd13beca9dc), priority 2002, uuid a746fa0d
+   4. ls_out_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct.blocked == 0 && (outport == "cp" && ip4 && ip4.src == $as_ip4_0fc1b6cf_f925_49e6_8f00_6dd13beca9dc), priority 2002, uuid a746fa0d
       next;
    7. ls_out_port_sec_ip (ovn-northd.c:2364): outport == "cp" && eth.dst == fa:16:3e:89:f2:36 && ip4.dst == {255.255.255.255, 224.0.0.0/4, 10.1.2.7}, priority 90, uuid 4d9862b5
       next;
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ firewall and is output to ``d``::
 
   ct_next(ct_state=est|trk /* default (use --ct to customize) */)
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
-   4. ls_out_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct_label.blocked == 0 && (outport == "dp" && ip4 && ip4.src == 0.0.0.0/0 && icmp4), priority 2002, uuid b860fc9f
+   4. ls_out_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct.blocked == 0 && (outport == "dp" && ip4 && ip4.src == 0.0.0.0/0 && icmp4), priority 2002, uuid b860fc9f
       next;
    7. ls_out_port_sec_ip (ovn-northd.c:2364): outport == "dp" && eth.dst == fa:16:3e:c1:f5:a2 && ip4.dst == {255.255.255.255, 224.0.0.0/4, 10.0.0.6}, priority 90, uuid 15655a98
       next;
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ closely to those for IPv4 which we already discussed back under
 
   ct_next(ct_state=est|trk /* default (use --ct to customize) */)
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
-   6. ls_in_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct_label.blocked == 0 && (inport == "ap" && ip6), priority 2002, uuid 7fdd607e
+   6. ls_in_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct.blocked == 0 && (inport == "ap" && ip6), priority 2002, uuid 7fdd607e
       next;
   13. ls_in_l2_lkup (ovn-northd.c:3529): eth.dst == fa:16:3e:ef:2f:8b, priority 50, uuid e1d87fc5
       outport = "ad952e";
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ closely to those for IPv4 which we already discussed back under
 
   ct_next(ct_state=est|trk /* default (use --ct to customize) */)
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
-   4. ls_out_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct_label.blocked == 0 && (outport == "cp" && ip6 && ip6.src == $as_ip6_0fc1b6cf_f925_49e6_8f00_6dd13beca9dc), priority 2002, uuid 12fc96f9
+   4. ls_out_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct.blocked == 0 && (outport == "cp" && ip6 && ip6.src == $as_ip6_0fc1b6cf_f925_49e6_8f00_6dd13beca9dc), priority 2002, uuid 12fc96f9
       next;
    7. ls_out_port_sec_ip (ovn-northd.c:2390): outport == "cp" && eth.dst == fa:16:3e:89:f2:36 && ip6.dst == {fe80::f816:3eff:fe89:f236, ff00::/8, fc22::7}, priority 90, uuid c622596a
       next;
@@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ action replaces a DHCPDISCOVER or DHCPREQUEST packet by a
 reply.  Table 12 flips the packet's source and destination and sends
 it back the way it came in::
 
-   6. ls_in_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct_label.blocked == 0 && (inport == "ap" && ip4 && ip4.dst == {255.255.255.255, 10.1.1.0/24} && udp && udp.src == 68 && udp.dst == 67), priority 2002, uuid 9c90245d
+   6. ls_in_acl (ovn-northd.c:2925): !ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl && ct.blocked == 0 && (inport == "ap" && ip4 && ip4.dst == {255.255.255.255, 10.1.1.0/24} && udp && udp.src == 68 && udp.dst == 67), priority 2002, uuid 9c90245d
       next;
   11. ls_in_dhcp_options (ovn-northd.c:3409): inport == "ap" && eth.src == fa:16:3e:a9:4c:c7 && ip4.src == 0.0.0.0 && ip4.dst == 255.255.255.255 && udp.src == 68 && udp.dst == 67, priority 100, uuid 8d63f29c
       reg0[3] = put_dhcp_opts(offerip = 10.1.1.5, lease_time = 43200, mtu = 1442, netmask = 255.255.255.0, router = 10.1.1.1, server_id = 10.1.1.1);
diff --git a/ovn/lib/logical-fields.c b/ovn/lib/logical-fields.c
index a8b5e3c..ad223b5 100644
--- a/ovn/lib/logical-fields.c
+++ b/ovn/lib/logical-fields.c
@@ -108,8 +108,11 @@ ovn_init_symtab(struct shash *symtab)
 
     /* Connection tracking state. */
     expr_symtab_add_field(symtab, "ct_mark", MFF_CT_MARK, NULL, false);
+    expr_symtab_add_subfield(symtab, "ct.blocked", NULL, "ct_mark[0]");
 
     expr_symtab_add_field(symtab, "ct_label", MFF_CT_LABEL, NULL, false);
+
+    /* ct_label.blocked has been kept for backward compatibility. */
     expr_symtab_add_subfield(symtab, "ct_label.blocked", NULL, "ct_label[0]");
 
     expr_symtab_add_field(symtab, "ct_state", MFF_CT_STATE, NULL, false);
diff --git a/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.8.xml b/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.8.xml
index 392a5ef..6ea7af9 100644
--- a/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.8.xml
+++ b/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.8.xml
@@ -286,14 +286,14 @@
       </li>
       <li>
         <code>allow-related</code> ACLs translate into logical
-        flows with the <code>ct_commit(ct_label=0/1); next;</code> actions
+        flows with the <code>ct_commit(ct_mark=0/1); next;</code> actions
         for new connections and <code>reg0[1] = 1; next;</code> for existing
         connections.
       </li>
       <li>
         Other ACLs translate to <code>drop;</code> for new or untracked
-        connections and <code>ct_commit(ct_label=1/1);</code> for known
-        connections.  Setting <code>ct_label</code> marks a connection
+        connections and <code>ct_commit(ct_mark=1/1);</code> for known
+        connections.  Setting <code>ct_mark</code> marks a connection
         as one that was previously allowed, but should no longer be
         allowed due to a policy change.
       </li>
@@ -319,12 +319,12 @@
         A priority-65535 flow that allows any traffic in the reply
         direction for a connection that has been committed to the
         connection tracker (i.e., established flows), as long as
-        the committed flow does not have <code>ct_label.blocked</code> set.
+        the committed flow does not have <code>ct.blocked</code> set.
         We only handle traffic in the reply direction here because
         we want all packets going in the request direction to still
         go through the flows that implement the currently defined
         policy based on ACLs.  If a connection is no longer allowed by
-        policy, <code>ct_label.blocked</code> will get set and packets in the
+        policy, <code>ct.blocked</code> will get set and packets in the
         reply direction will no longer be allowed, either.
       </li>
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
         A priority-65535 flow that allows any traffic that is considered
         related to a committed flow in the connection tracker (e.g., an
         ICMP Port Unreachable from a non-listening UDP port), as long
-        as the committed flow does not have <code>ct_label.blocked</code> set.
+        as the committed flow does not have <code>ct.blocked</code> set.
       </li>
 
       <li>
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 
       <li>
         A priority-65535 flow that drops all trafic in the reply direction
-        with <code>ct_label.blocked</code> set meaning that the connection
+        with <code>ct.blocked</code> set meaning that the connection
         should no longer be allowed due to a policy change.  Packets
         in the request direction are skipped here to let a newly created
         ACL re-allow this connection.
diff --git a/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.c b/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.c
index 3569ea2..d0e85ce 100644
--- a/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.c
+++ b/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.c
@@ -3546,13 +3546,13 @@ consider_acl(struct hmap *lflows, struct ovn_datapath *od,
              * It's also possible that a known connection was marked for
              * deletion after a policy was deleted, but the policy was
              * re-added while that connection is still known.  We catch
-             * that case here and un-set ct_label.blocked (which will be done
+             * that case here and un-set ct.blocked (which will be done
              * by ct_commit in the "stateful" stage) to indicate that the
              * connection should be allowed to resume.
              */
             ds_put_format(&match, "((ct.new && !ct.est)"
                                   " || (!ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl "
-                                       "&& ct_label.blocked == 1)) "
+                                       "&& ct.blocked == 1)) "
                                   "&& (%s)", acl->match);
             ds_put_cstr(&actions, REGBIT_CONNTRACK_COMMIT" = 1; ");
             build_acl_log(&actions, acl);
@@ -3573,7 +3573,7 @@ consider_acl(struct hmap *lflows, struct ovn_datapath *od,
             ds_clear(&actions);
             ds_put_format(&match,
                           "!ct.new && ct.est && !ct.rpl"
-                          " && ct_label.blocked == 0 && (%s)",
+                          " && ct.blocked == 0 && (%s)",
                           acl->match);
 
             build_acl_log(&actions, acl);
@@ -3599,7 +3599,7 @@ consider_acl(struct hmap *lflows, struct ovn_datapath *od,
             /* If the packet is not part of an established connection, then
              * we can simply reject/drop it. */
             ds_put_cstr(&match,
-                        "(!ct.est || (ct.est && ct_label.blocked == 1))");
+                        "(!ct.est || (ct.est && ct.blocked == 1))");
             if (!strcmp(acl->action, "reject")) {
                 build_reject_acl_rules(od, lflows, stage, acl, &match,
                                        &actions);
@@ -3611,11 +3611,11 @@ consider_acl(struct hmap *lflows, struct ovn_datapath *od,
                               acl->priority + OVN_ACL_PRI_OFFSET,
                               ds_cstr(&match), ds_cstr(&actions));
             }
-            /* For an existing connection without ct_label set, we've
+            /* For an existing connection without ct_mark set, we've
              * encountered a policy change. ACLs previously allowed
              * this connection and we committed the connection tracking
              * entry.  Current policy says that we should drop this
-             * connection.  First, we set bit 0 of ct_label to indicate
+             * connection.  First, we set bit 0 of ct_mark to indicate
              * that this connection is set for deletion.  By not
              * specifying "next;", we implicitly drop the packet after
              * updating conntrack state.  We would normally defer
@@ -3624,8 +3624,8 @@ consider_acl(struct hmap *lflows, struct ovn_datapath *od,
              */
             ds_clear(&match);
             ds_clear(&actions);
-            ds_put_cstr(&match, "ct.est && ct_label.blocked == 0");
-            ds_put_cstr(&actions, "ct_commit(ct_label=1/1); ");
+            ds_put_cstr(&match, "ct.est && ct.blocked == 0");
+            ds_put_cstr(&actions, "ct_commit(ct_mark=1/1); ");
             if (!strcmp(acl->action, "reject")) {
                 build_reject_acl_rules(od, lflows, stage, acl, &match,
                                        &actions);
@@ -3748,56 +3748,56 @@ build_acls(struct ovn_datapath *od, struct hmap *lflows,
          * subsequent packets will hit the flow at priority 0 that just
          * uses "next;"
          *
-         * We also check for established connections that have ct_label.blocked
+         * We also check for established connections that have ct.blocked
          * set on them.  That's a connection that was disallowed, but is
          * now allowed by policy again since it hit this default-allow flow.
-         * We need to set ct_label.blocked=0 to let the connection continue,
+         * We need to set ct.blocked=0 to let the connection continue,
          * which will be done by ct_commit() in the "stateful" stage.
          * Subsequent packets will hit the flow at priority 0 that just
          * uses "next;". */
         ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_IN_ACL, 1,
-                      "ip && (!ct.est || (ct.est && ct_label.blocked == 1))",
+                      "ip && (!ct.est || (ct.est && ct.blocked == 1))",
                        REGBIT_CONNTRACK_COMMIT" = 1; next;");
         ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_OUT_ACL, 1,
-                      "ip && (!ct.est || (ct.est && ct_label.blocked == 1))",
+                      "ip && (!ct.est || (ct.est && ct.blocked == 1))",
                        REGBIT_CONNTRACK_COMMIT" = 1; next;");
 
         /* Ingress and Egress ACL Table (Priority 65535).
          *
          * Always drop traffic that's in an invalid state.  Also drop
          * reply direction packets for connections that have been marked
-         * for deletion (bit 0 of ct_label is set).
+         * for deletion (bit 0 of ct_mark is set).
          *
          * This is enforced at a higher priority than ACLs can be defined. */
         ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_IN_ACL, UINT16_MAX,
-                      "ct.inv || (ct.est && ct.rpl && ct_label.blocked == 1)",
+                      "ct.inv || (ct.est && ct.rpl && ct.blocked == 1)",
                       "drop;");
         ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_OUT_ACL, UINT16_MAX,
-                      "ct.inv || (ct.est && ct.rpl && ct_label.blocked == 1)",
+                      "ct.inv || (ct.est && ct.rpl && ct.blocked == 1)",
                       "drop;");
 
         /* Ingress and Egress ACL Table (Priority 65535).
          *
          * Allow reply traffic that is part of an established
          * conntrack entry that has not been marked for deletion
-         * (bit 0 of ct_label).  We only match traffic in the
+         * (bit 0 of ct_mark).  We only match traffic in the
          * reply direction because we want traffic in the request
          * direction to hit the currently defined policy from ACLs.
          *
          * This is enforced at a higher priority than ACLs can be defined. */
         ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_IN_ACL, UINT16_MAX,
                       "ct.est && !ct.rel && !ct.new && !ct.inv "
-                      "&& ct.rpl && ct_label.blocked == 0",
+                      "&& ct.rpl && ct.blocked == 0",
                       "next;");
         ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_OUT_ACL, UINT16_MAX,
                       "ct.est && !ct.rel && !ct.new && !ct.inv "
-                      "&& ct.rpl && ct_label.blocked == 0",
+                      "&& ct.rpl && ct.blocked == 0",
                       "next;");
 
         /* Ingress and Egress ACL Table (Priority 65535).
          *
          * Allow traffic that is related to an existing conntrack entry that
-         * has not been marked for deletion (bit 0 of ct_label).
+         * has not been marked for deletion (bit 0 of ct_mark).
          *
          * This is enforced at a higher priority than ACLs can be defined.
          *
@@ -3807,11 +3807,11 @@ build_acls(struct ovn_datapath *od, struct hmap *lflows,
          * that's generated from a non-listening UDP port.  */
         ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_IN_ACL, UINT16_MAX,
                       "!ct.est && ct.rel && !ct.new && !ct.inv "
-                      "&& ct_label.blocked == 0",
+                      "&& ct.blocked == 0",
                       "next;");
         ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_OUT_ACL, UINT16_MAX,
                       "!ct.est && ct.rel && !ct.new && !ct.inv "
-                      "&& ct_label.blocked == 0",
+                      "&& ct.blocked == 0",
                       "next;");
 
         /* Ingress and Egress ACL Table (Priority 65535).
@@ -3989,13 +3989,13 @@ build_stateful(struct ovn_datapath *od, struct hmap *lflows)
     ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_OUT_STATEFUL, 0, "1", "next;");
 
     /* If REGBIT_CONNTRACK_COMMIT is set as 1, then the packets should be
-     * committed to conntrack. We always set ct_label.blocked to 0 here as
+     * committed to conntrack. We always set ct.blocked to 0 here as
      * any packet that makes it this far is part of a connection we
      * want to allow to continue. */
     ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_IN_STATEFUL, 100,
-                  REGBIT_CONNTRACK_COMMIT" == 1", "ct_commit(ct_label=0/1); next;");
+                  REGBIT_CONNTRACK_COMMIT" == 1", "ct_commit(ct_mark=0/1); next;");
     ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, S_SWITCH_OUT_STATEFUL, 100,
-                  REGBIT_CONNTRACK_COMMIT" == 1", "ct_commit(ct_label=0/1); next;");
+                  REGBIT_CONNTRACK_COMMIT" == 1", "ct_commit(ct_mark=0/1); next;");
 
     /* If REGBIT_CONNTRACK_NAT is set as 1, then packets should just be sent
      * through nat (without committing).
diff --git a/tests/ovn.at b/tests/ovn.at
index ec79651..0199cdc 100644
--- a/tests/ovn.at
+++ b/tests/ovn.at
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ AT_CLEANUP
 dnl Check that the OVN conntrack field definitions are correct.
 AT_SETUP([ovn -- conntrack fields])
 AT_CHECK([ovstest test-ovn dump-symtab | grep ^ct | sort], [0],
-[[ct.dnat = ct_state[7]
+[[ct.blocked = ct_mark[0]
+ct.dnat = ct_state[7]
 ct.est = ct_state[1]
 ct.inv = ct_state[4]
 ct.new = ct_state[0]
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ eth.src == {$set3, badmac, 00:00:00:00:00:01} => Syntax error at `badmac' expect
 
 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) => Parentheses nested too deeply.
 
-ct_label > $set4 => Only == and != operators may be used to compare a field against an empty value set.
+ct_mark > $set4 => Only == and != operators may be used to compare a field against an empty value set.
 ]])
 sed 's/ =>.*//' test-cases.txt > input.txt
 sed 's/.* => //' test-cases.txt > expout
@@ -703,10 +704,10 @@ ip,nw_src=10.0.0.2: conjunction(1, 1/2)
 ip,nw_src=10.0.0.3: conjunction(1, 1/2)
 ])
 
-lflow="ip && (!ct.est || (ct.est && ct_label.blocked == 1))"
+lflow="ip && (!ct.est || (ct.est && ct.blocked == 1))"
 AT_CHECK([expr_to_flow "$lflow"], [0], [dnl
-ct_state=+est+trk,ct_label=0x1/0x1,ip
-ct_state=+est+trk,ct_label=0x1/0x1,ipv6
+ct_state=+est+trk,ct_mark=0x1/0x1,ip
+ct_state=+est+trk,ct_mark=0x1/0x1,ipv6
 ct_state=-est+trk,ip
 ct_state=-est+trk,ipv6
 ])
