diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 1cd48519f506..c53d1a54964c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -224,15 +224,15 @@ shrink_slab_node(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl, struct shrinker *shrinker,
 	unsigned long freed = 0;
 	unsigned long long delta;
 	long total_scan;
-	long max_pass;
+	long freeable;
 	long nr;
 	long new_nr;
 	int nid = shrinkctl->nid;
 	long batch_size = shrinker->batch ? shrinker->batch
 					  : SHRINK_BATCH;
 
-	max_pass = shrinker->count_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl);
-	if (max_pass == 0)
+	freeable = shrinker->count_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl);
+	if (freeable == 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@ shrink_slab_node(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl, struct shrinker *shrinker,
 
 	total_scan = nr;
 	delta = (4 * nr_pages_scanned) / shrinker->seeks;
-	delta *= max_pass;
+	delta *= freeable;
 	do_div(delta, lru_pages + 1);
 	total_scan += delta;
 	if (total_scan < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		"shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to delete nr=%ld\n",
 		       shrinker->scan_objects, total_scan);
-		total_scan = max_pass;
+		total_scan = freeable;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -260,26 +260,26 @@ shrink_slab_node(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl, struct shrinker *shrinker,
 	 * shrinkers to return -1 all the time. This results in a large
 	 * nr being built up so when a shrink that can do some work
 	 * comes along it empties the entire cache due to nr >>>
-	 * max_pass.  This is bad for sustaining a working set in
+	 * freeable. This is bad for sustaining a working set in
 	 * memory.
 	 *
 	 * Hence only allow the shrinker to scan the entire cache when
 	 * a large delta change is calculated directly.
 	 */
-	if (delta < max_pass / 4)
-		total_scan = min(total_scan, max_pass / 2);
+	if (delta < freeable / 4)
+		total_scan = min(total_scan, freeable / 2);
 
 	/*
 	 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
 	 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
 	 * freeable entries.
 	 */
-	if (total_scan > max_pass * 2)
-		total_scan = max_pass * 2;
+	if (total_scan > freeable * 2)
+		total_scan = freeable * 2;
 
 	trace_mm_shrink_slab_start(shrinker, shrinkctl, nr,
 				nr_pages_scanned, lru_pages,
-				max_pass, delta, total_scan);
+				freeable, delta, total_scan);
 
 	/*
 	 * Normally, we should not scan less than batch_size objects in one
@@ -292,12 +292,12 @@ shrink_slab_node(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl, struct shrinker *shrinker,
 	 *
 	 * We detect the "tight on memory" situations by looking at the total
 	 * number of objects we want to scan (total_scan). If it is greater
-	 * than the total number of objects on slab (max_pass), we must be
+	 * than the total number of objects on slab (freeable), we must be
 	 * scanning at high prio and therefore should try to reclaim as much as
 	 * possible.
 	 */
 	while (total_scan >= batch_size ||
-	       total_scan >= max_pass) {
+	       total_scan >= freeable) {
 		unsigned long ret;
 		unsigned long nr_to_scan = min(batch_size, total_scan);