diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/gic.c b/xen/arch/arm/gic.c
index 1aa529b..7e5c201 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/gic.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/gic.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static inline void gic_set_lr(int lr, struct pending_irq *p,
     GICH[GICH_LR + lr] = lr_val;
 
     set_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE, &p->status);
-    clear_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING, &p->status);
+    clear_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_QUEUED, &p->status);
     p->lr = lr;
 }
 
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static void gic_update_one_lr(struct vcpu *v, int i)
             p->desc->status &= ~IRQ_INPROGRESS;
         clear_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE, &p->status);
         p->lr = GIC_INVALID_LR;
-        if ( test_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING, &p->status) &&
+        if ( test_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_QUEUED, &p->status) &&
                 test_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_ENABLED, &p->status))
             gic_raise_guest_irq(v, irq, p->priority);
         else
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/vgic.c b/xen/arch/arm/vgic.c
index b6c3ebe..b44937d 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/vgic.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/vgic.c
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ void vgic_vcpu_inject_irq(struct vcpu *v, unsigned int irq)
     {
         if ( (irq != current->domain->arch.evtchn_irq) ||
              (!test_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE, &n->status)) )
-            set_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING, &n->status);
+            set_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_QUEUED, &n->status);
         goto out;
     }
 
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ void vgic_vcpu_inject_irq(struct vcpu *v, unsigned int irq)
     priority = byte_read(rank->ipriority[REG_RANK_INDEX(8, idx)], 0, byte);
 
     n->irq = irq;
-    set_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING, &n->status);
+    set_bit(GIC_IRQ_GUEST_QUEUED, &n->status);
     n->priority = priority;
 
     /* the irq is enabled */
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/domain.h b/xen/include/asm-arm/domain.h
index e5db9e3..c39756f 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-arm/domain.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/domain.h
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ struct pending_irq
      * whether an irq added to an LR register is PENDING or ACTIVE, the
      * following states are just an approximation.
      *
-     * GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING: the irq is asserted
+     * GIC_IRQ_GUEST_QUEUED: the irq is asserted and queued for
+     * injection into the guest's LRs.
      *
      * GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE: the irq has been added to an LR register,
      * therefore the guest is aware of it. From the guest point of view
@@ -35,16 +36,16 @@ struct pending_irq
      * or active (after acking the irq).
      *
      * In order for the state machine to be fully accurate, for level
-     * interrupts, we should keep the GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING state until
+     * interrupts, we should keep the interrupt's pending state until
      * the guest deactivates the irq. However because we are not sure
-     * when that happens, we simply remove the GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING
-     * state when we add the irq to an LR register. We add it back when
-     * we receive another interrupt notification.
-     * Therefore it is possible to set GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING while the
-     * irq is GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE. We could also change the state of
-     * the guest irq in the LR register from active to active and
-     * pending, but for simplicity we simply inject a second irq after
-     * the guest EOIs the first one.
+     * when that happens, we instead track whether there is an interrupt
+     * queued using GIC_IRQ_GUEST_QUEUED. We clear it when we add it to
+     * an LR register. We set it when we receive another interrupt
+     * notification.  Therefore it is possible to set
+     * GIC_IRQ_GUEST_QUEUED while the irq is GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE. We
+     * could also change the state of the guest irq in the LR register
+     * from active to active and pending, but for simplicity we simply
+     * inject a second irq after the guest EOIs the first one.
      *
      *
      * An additional state is used to keep track of whether the guest
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ struct pending_irq
      * level (GICD_ICENABLER/GICD_ISENABLER).
      *
      */
-#define GIC_IRQ_GUEST_PENDING  0
+#define GIC_IRQ_GUEST_QUEUED   0
 #define GIC_IRQ_GUEST_VISIBLE  1
 #define GIC_IRQ_GUEST_ENABLED  2
     unsigned long status;
