diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_sil.c b/drivers/ata/sata_sil.c
index 354b68ef91bc..3a99f66198a9 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_sil.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_sil.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id sil_pci_tbl[] = {
 static const struct sil_drivelist {
 	const char *product;
 	unsigned int quirk;
-} sil_blacklist [] = {
+} sil_quirks[] = {
 	{ "ST320012AS",		SIL_QUIRK_MOD15WRITE },
 	{ "ST330013AS",		SIL_QUIRK_MOD15WRITE },
 	{ "ST340017AS",		SIL_QUIRK_MOD15WRITE },
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@ static void sil_thaw(struct ata_port *ap)
  *	list, and apply the fixups to only the specific
  *	devices/hosts/firmwares that need it.
  *
- *	20040111 - Seagate drives affected by the Mod15Write bug are blacklisted
- *	The Maxtor quirk is in the blacklist, but I'm keeping the original
+ *	20040111 - Seagate drives affected by the Mod15Write bug are quirked
+ *	The Maxtor quirk is in sil_quirks, but I'm keeping the original
  *	pessimistic fix for the following reasons...
  *	- There seems to be less info on it, only one device gleaned off the
  *	Windows	driver, maybe only one is affected.  More info would be greatly
@@ -620,9 +620,9 @@ static void sil_dev_config(struct ata_device *dev)
 
 	ata_id_c_string(dev->id, model_num, ATA_ID_PROD, sizeof(model_num));
 
-	for (n = 0; sil_blacklist[n].product; n++)
-		if (!strcmp(sil_blacklist[n].product, model_num)) {
-			quirks = sil_blacklist[n].quirk;
+	for (n = 0; sil_quirks[n].product; n++)
+		if (!strcmp(sil_quirks[n].product, model_num)) {
+			quirks = sil_quirks[n].quirk;
 			break;
 		}