diff --git a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt b/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
index f33c3bb..23a09b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
@@ -90,21 +90,21 @@ int dummy_rproc_example(struct rproc *my_rproc)
       This function should be used by rproc implementations during
       initialization of the remote processor.
       After creating an rproc handle using this function, and when ready,
-      implementations should then call rproc_register() to complete
+      implementations should then call rproc_add() to complete
       the registration of the remote processor.
       On success, the new rproc is returned, and on failure, NULL.
 
       Note: _never_ directly deallocate @rproc, even if it was not registered
-      yet. Instead, when you need to unroll rproc_alloc(), use rproc_free().
+      yet. Instead, when you need to unroll rproc_alloc(), use rproc_put().
 
-  void rproc_free(struct rproc *rproc)
+  void rproc_put(struct rproc *rproc)
     - Free an rproc handle that was allocated by rproc_alloc.
       This function essentially unrolls rproc_alloc(), by decrementing the
       rproc's refcount. It doesn't directly free rproc; that would happen
       only if there are no other references to rproc and its refcount now
       dropped to zero.
 
-  int rproc_register(struct rproc *rproc)
+  int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc)
     - Register @rproc with the remoteproc framework, after it has been
       allocated with rproc_alloc().
       This is called by the platform-specific rproc implementation, whenever
@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@ int dummy_rproc_example(struct rproc *my_rproc)
       of registering this remote processor, additional virtio drivers might get
       probed.
 
-  int rproc_unregister(struct rproc *rproc)
-    - Unroll rproc_register().
+  int rproc_del(struct rproc *rproc)
+    - Unroll rproc_add().
       This function should be called when the platform specific rproc
       implementation decides to remove the rproc device. it should
-      _only_ be called if a previous invocation of rproc_register()
+      _only_ be called if a previous invocation of rproc_add()
       has completed successfully.
 
-      After rproc_unregister() returns, @rproc is still valid, and its
-      last refcount should be decremented by calling rproc_free().
+      After rproc_del() returns, @rproc is still valid, and its
+      last refcount should be decremented by calling rproc_put().
 
       Returns 0 on success and -EINVAL if @rproc isn't valid.
 
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c b/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
index 0f1afc9..a1f7ac1 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
@@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ static int __devinit omap_rproc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rproc);
 
-	ret = rproc_register(rproc);
+	ret = rproc_add(rproc);
 	if (ret)
 		goto free_rproc;
 
 	return 0;
 
 free_rproc:
-	rproc_free(rproc);
+	rproc_put(rproc);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ static int __devexit omap_rproc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct rproc *rproc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	rproc_unregister(rproc);
-	rproc_free(rproc);
+	rproc_del(rproc);
+	rproc_put(rproc);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index cbe4f7a..c0a701d 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ static void rproc_fw_config_virtio(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
 out:
 	if (fw)
 		release_firmware(fw);
-	/* allow rproc_unregister() contexts, if any, to proceed */
+	/* allow rproc_del() contexts, if any, to proceed */
 	complete_all(&rproc->firmware_loading_complete);
 }
 
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ out:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_shutdown);
 
 /**
- * rproc_register() - register a remote processor
+ * rproc_add() - register a remote processor
  * @rproc: the remote processor handle to register
  *
  * Registers @rproc with the remoteproc framework, after it has been
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_shutdown);
  * of registering this remote processor, additional virtio drivers might be
  * probed.
  */
-int rproc_register(struct rproc *rproc)
+int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ int rproc_register(struct rproc *rproc)
 	/* create debugfs entries */
 	rproc_create_debug_dir(rproc);
 
-	/* rproc_unregister() calls must wait until async loader completes */
+	/* rproc_del() calls must wait until async loader completes */
 	init_completion(&rproc->firmware_loading_complete);
 
 	/*
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ int rproc_register(struct rproc *rproc)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_register);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_add);
 
 /**
  * rproc_type_release() - release a remote processor instance
@@ -1356,13 +1356,13 @@ static struct device_type rproc_type = {
  * of the remote processor.
  *
  * After creating an rproc handle using this function, and when ready,
- * implementations should then call rproc_register() to complete
+ * implementations should then call rproc_add() to complete
  * the registration of the remote processor.
  *
  * On success the new rproc is returned, and on failure, NULL.
  *
  * Note: _never_ directly deallocate @rproc, even if it was not registered
- * yet. Instead, when you need to unroll rproc_alloc(), use rproc_free().
+ * yet. Instead, when you need to unroll rproc_alloc(), use rproc_put().
  */
 struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 				const struct rproc_ops *ops,
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_alloc);
 
 /**
- * rproc_free() - unroll rproc_alloc()
+ * rproc_put() - unroll rproc_alloc()
  * @rproc: the remote processor handle
  *
  * This function decrements the rproc dev refcount.
@@ -1424,28 +1424,28 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_alloc);
  * If no one holds any reference to rproc anymore, then its refcount would
  * now drop to zero, and it would be freed.
  */
-void rproc_free(struct rproc *rproc)
+void rproc_put(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
 	put_device(&rproc->dev);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_free);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_put);
 
 /**
- * rproc_unregister() - unregister a remote processor
+ * rproc_del() - unregister a remote processor
  * @rproc: rproc handle to unregister
  *
  * This function should be called when the platform specific rproc
  * implementation decides to remove the rproc device. it should
- * _only_ be called if a previous invocation of rproc_register()
+ * _only_ be called if a previous invocation of rproc_add()
  * has completed successfully.
  *
- * After rproc_unregister() returns, @rproc isn't freed yet, because
+ * After rproc_del() returns, @rproc isn't freed yet, because
  * of the outstanding reference created by rproc_alloc. To decrement that
- * one last refcount, one still needs to call rproc_free().
+ * one last refcount, one still needs to call rproc_put().
  *
  * Returns 0 on success and -EINVAL if @rproc isn't valid.
  */
-int rproc_unregister(struct rproc *rproc)
+int rproc_del(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
 	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, *tmp;
 
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ int rproc_unregister(struct rproc *rproc)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_unregister);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_del);
 
 static int __init remoteproc_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index b88d6af..eea3ac8 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -452,9 +452,9 @@ struct rproc_vdev {
 struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 				const struct rproc_ops *ops,
 				const char *firmware, int len);
-void rproc_free(struct rproc *rproc);
-int rproc_register(struct rproc *rproc);
-int rproc_unregister(struct rproc *rproc);
+void rproc_put(struct rproc *rproc);
+int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc);
+int rproc_del(struct rproc *rproc);
 
 int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc);
 void rproc_shutdown(struct rproc *rproc);
