diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
index 71e1fec6d3..d42a7db222 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
@@ -26,30 +26,30 @@
 #include <asm/topology.h>
 
 /*
- * cpu power scale management
+ * cpu capacity scale management
  */
 
 /*
- * cpu power table
+ * cpu capacity table
  * This per cpu data structure describes the relative capacity of each core.
  * On a heteregenous system, cores don't have the same computation capacity
- * and we reflect that difference in the cpu_power field so the scheduler can
- * take this difference into account during load balance. A per cpu structure
- * is preferred because each CPU updates its own cpu_power field during the
- * load balance except for idle cores. One idle core is selected to run the
- * rebalance_domains for all idle cores and the cpu_power can be updated
- * during this sequence.
+ * and we reflect that difference in the cpu_capacity field so the scheduler
+ * can take this difference into account during load balance. A per cpu
+ * structure is preferred because each CPU updates its own cpu_capacity field
+ * during the load balance except for idle cores. One idle core is selected
+ * to run the rebalance_domains for all idle cores and the cpu_capacity can be
+ * updated during this sequence.
  */
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cpu_scale);
 
-unsigned long arch_scale_freq_power(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
+unsigned long arch_scale_freq_capacity(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 {
 	return per_cpu(cpu_scale, cpu);
 }
 
-static void set_power_scale(unsigned int cpu, unsigned long power)
+static void set_capacity_scale(unsigned int cpu, unsigned long capacity)
 {
-	per_cpu(cpu_scale, cpu) = power;
+	per_cpu(cpu_scale, cpu) = capacity;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ struct cpu_efficiency {
  * Table of relative efficiency of each processors
  * The efficiency value must fit in 20bit and the final
  * cpu_scale value must be in the range
- *   0 < cpu_scale < 3*SCHED_POWER_SCALE/2
+ *   0 < cpu_scale < 3*SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE/2
  * in order to return at most 1 when DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST
  * is used to compute the capacity of a CPU.
  * Processors that are not defined in the table,
- * use the default SCHED_POWER_SCALE value for cpu_scale.
+ * use the default SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE value for cpu_scale.
  */
 static const struct cpu_efficiency table_efficiency[] = {
 	{"arm,cortex-a15", 3891},
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ static unsigned long middle_capacity = 1;
  * Iterate all CPUs' descriptor in DT and compute the efficiency
  * (as per table_efficiency). Also calculate a middle efficiency
  * as close as possible to  (max{eff_i} - min{eff_i}) / 2
- * This is later used to scale the cpu_power field such that an
- * 'average' CPU is of middle power. Also see the comments near
- * table_efficiency[] and update_cpu_power().
+ * This is later used to scale the cpu_capacity field such that an
+ * 'average' CPU is of middle capacity. Also see the comments near
+ * table_efficiency[] and update_cpu_capacity().
  */
 static void __init parse_dt_topology(void)
 {
@@ -141,15 +141,15 @@ static void __init parse_dt_topology(void)
 	 * cpu_scale because all CPUs have the same capacity. Otherwise, we
 	 * compute a middle_capacity factor that will ensure that the capacity
 	 * of an 'average' CPU of the system will be as close as possible to
-	 * SCHED_POWER_SCALE, which is the default value, but with the
+	 * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE, which is the default value, but with the
 	 * constraint explained near table_efficiency[].
 	 */
 	if (4*max_capacity < (3*(max_capacity + min_capacity)))
 		middle_capacity = (min_capacity + max_capacity)
-				>> (SCHED_POWER_SHIFT+1);
+				>> (SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT+1);
 	else
 		middle_capacity = ((max_capacity / 3)
-				>> (SCHED_POWER_SHIFT-1)) + 1;
+				>> (SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT-1)) + 1;
 
 }
 
@@ -158,20 +158,20 @@ static void __init parse_dt_topology(void)
  * boot. The update of all CPUs is in O(n^2) for heteregeneous system but the
  * function returns directly for SMP system.
  */
-static void update_cpu_power(unsigned int cpu)
+static void update_cpu_capacity(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	if (!cpu_capacity(cpu))
 		return;
 
-	set_power_scale(cpu, cpu_capacity(cpu) / middle_capacity);
+	set_capacity_scale(cpu, cpu_capacity(cpu) / middle_capacity);
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "CPU%u: update cpu_power %lu\n",
-		cpu, arch_scale_freq_power(NULL, cpu));
+	printk(KERN_INFO "CPU%u: update cpu_capacity %lu\n",
+		cpu, arch_scale_freq_capacity(NULL, cpu));
 }
 
 #else
 static inline void parse_dt_topology(void) {}
-static inline void update_cpu_power(unsigned int cpuid) {}
+static inline void update_cpu_capacity(unsigned int cpuid) {}
 #endif
 
  /*
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void store_cpu_topology(unsigned int cpuid)
 
 	update_siblings_masks(cpuid);
 
-	update_cpu_power(cpuid);
+	update_cpu_capacity(cpuid);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "CPU%u: thread %d, cpu %d, socket %d, mpidr %x\n",
 		cpuid, cpu_topology[cpuid].thread_id,
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ void __init init_cpu_topology(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
-	/* init core mask and power*/
+	/* init core mask and capacity */
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct cputopo_arm *cpu_topo = &(cpu_topology[cpu]);
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ void __init init_cpu_topology(void)
 		cpumask_clear(&cpu_topo->core_sibling);
 		cpumask_clear(&cpu_topo->thread_sibling);
 
-		set_power_scale(cpu, SCHED_POWER_SCALE);
+		set_capacity_scale(cpu, SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
 	}
 	smp_wmb();
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 561f6f7369..c7f473a54d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -854,10 +854,10 @@ enum cpu_idle_type {
 };
 
 /*
- * Increase resolution of cpu_power calculations
+ * Increase resolution of cpu_capacity calculations
  */
-#define SCHED_POWER_SHIFT	10
-#define SCHED_POWER_SCALE	(1L << SCHED_POWER_SHIFT)
+#define SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT	10
+#define SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE	(1L << SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT)
 
 /*
  * sched-domains (multiprocessor balancing) declarations:
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 1191b3937e..6d376d6560 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5273,7 +5273,7 @@ static int sched_domain_debug_one(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu, int level,
 		cpulist_scnprintf(str, sizeof(str), sched_group_cpus(group));
 
 		printk(KERN_CONT " %s", str);
-		if (group->sgc->capacity != SCHED_POWER_SCALE) {
+		if (group->sgc->capacity != SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) {
 			printk(KERN_CONT " (cpu_capacity = %d)",
 				group->sgc->capacity);
 		}
@@ -5739,7 +5739,7 @@ build_overlap_sched_groups(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 		 * domains and no possible iteration will get us here, we won't
 		 * die on a /0 trap.
 		 */
-		sg->sgc->capacity = SCHED_POWER_SCALE * cpumask_weight(sg_span);
+		sg->sgc->capacity = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE * cpumask_weight(sg_span);
 		sg->sgc->capacity_orig = sg->sgc->capacity;
 
 		/*
@@ -6945,7 +6945,7 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 		rq->sd = NULL;
 		rq->rd = NULL;
-		rq->cpu_capacity = SCHED_POWER_SCALE;
+		rq->cpu_capacity = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
 		rq->post_schedule = 0;
 		rq->active_balance = 0;
 		rq->next_balance = jiffies;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index da35147ac6..5b7e3465cf 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1062,9 +1062,9 @@ static void update_numa_stats(struct numa_stats *ns, int nid)
 	if (!cpus)
 		return;
 
-	ns->load = (ns->load * SCHED_POWER_SCALE) / ns->compute_capacity;
+	ns->load = (ns->load * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) / ns->compute_capacity;
 	ns->task_capacity =
-		DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(ns->compute_capacity, SCHED_POWER_SCALE);
+		DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(ns->compute_capacity, SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
 	ns->has_free_capacity = (ns->nr_running < ns->task_capacity);
 }
 
@@ -4368,7 +4368,7 @@ find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
 		}
 
 		/* Adjust by relative CPU capacity of the group */
-		avg_load = (avg_load * SCHED_POWER_SCALE) / group->sgc->capacity;
+		avg_load = (avg_load * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) / group->sgc->capacity;
 
 		if (local_group) {
 			this_load = avg_load;
@@ -5607,10 +5607,10 @@ static inline int get_sd_load_idx(struct sched_domain *sd,
 
 static unsigned long default_scale_capacity(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 {
-	return SCHED_POWER_SCALE;
+	return SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
 }
 
-unsigned long __weak arch_scale_freq_power(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
+unsigned long __weak arch_scale_freq_capacity(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 {
 	return default_scale_capacity(sd, cpu);
 }
@@ -5625,7 +5625,7 @@ static unsigned long default_scale_smt_capacity(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu
 	return smt_gain;
 }
 
-unsigned long __weak arch_scale_smt_power(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
+unsigned long __weak arch_scale_smt_capacity(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 {
 	return default_scale_smt_capacity(sd, cpu);
 }
@@ -5656,10 +5656,10 @@ static unsigned long scale_rt_capacity(int cpu)
 		available = total - avg;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely((s64)total < SCHED_POWER_SCALE))
-		total = SCHED_POWER_SCALE;
+	if (unlikely((s64)total < SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE))
+		total = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
 
-	total >>= SCHED_POWER_SHIFT;
+	total >>= SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
 
 	return div_u64(available, total);
 }
@@ -5667,29 +5667,29 @@ static unsigned long scale_rt_capacity(int cpu)
 static void update_cpu_capacity(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 {
 	unsigned long weight = sd->span_weight;
-	unsigned long capacity = SCHED_POWER_SCALE;
+	unsigned long capacity = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
 	struct sched_group *sdg = sd->groups;
 
 	if ((sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER) && weight > 1) {
 		if (sched_feat(ARCH_POWER))
-			capacity *= arch_scale_smt_power(sd, cpu);
+			capacity *= arch_scale_smt_capacity(sd, cpu);
 		else
 			capacity *= default_scale_smt_capacity(sd, cpu);
 
-		capacity >>= SCHED_POWER_SHIFT;
+		capacity >>= SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
 	}
 
 	sdg->sgc->capacity_orig = capacity;
 
 	if (sched_feat(ARCH_POWER))
-		capacity *= arch_scale_freq_power(sd, cpu);
+		capacity *= arch_scale_freq_capacity(sd, cpu);
 	else
 		capacity *= default_scale_capacity(sd, cpu);
 
-	capacity >>= SCHED_POWER_SHIFT;
+	capacity >>= SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
 
 	capacity *= scale_rt_capacity(cpu);
-	capacity >>= SCHED_POWER_SHIFT;
+	capacity >>= SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
 
 	if (!capacity)
 		capacity = 1;
@@ -5778,7 +5778,7 @@ static inline int
 fix_small_capacity(struct sched_domain *sd, struct sched_group *group)
 {
 	/*
-	 * Only siblings can have significantly less than SCHED_POWER_SCALE
+	 * Only siblings can have significantly less than SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE
 	 */
 	if (!(sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER))
 		return 0;
@@ -5843,11 +5843,11 @@ static inline int sg_capacity_factor(struct lb_env *env, struct sched_group *gro
 	cpus = group->group_weight;
 
 	/* smt := ceil(cpus / capacity), assumes: 1 < smt_capacity < 2 */
-	smt = DIV_ROUND_UP(SCHED_POWER_SCALE * cpus, capacity_orig);
+	smt = DIV_ROUND_UP(SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE * cpus, capacity_orig);
 	capacity_factor = cpus / smt; /* cores */
 
 	capacity_factor = min_t(unsigned,
-		capacity_factor, DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(capacity, SCHED_POWER_SCALE));
+		capacity_factor, DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(capacity, SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE));
 	if (!capacity_factor)
 		capacity_factor = fix_small_capacity(env->sd, group);
 
@@ -5893,7 +5893,7 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
 
 	/* Adjust by relative CPU capacity of the group */
 	sgs->group_capacity = group->sgc->capacity;
-	sgs->avg_load = (sgs->group_load*SCHED_POWER_SCALE) / sgs->group_capacity;
+	sgs->avg_load = (sgs->group_load*SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) / sgs->group_capacity;
 
 	if (sgs->sum_nr_running)
 		sgs->load_per_task = sgs->sum_weighted_load / sgs->sum_nr_running;
@@ -6087,7 +6087,7 @@ static int check_asym_packing(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sds)
 
 	env->imbalance = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(
 		sds->busiest_stat.avg_load * sds->busiest_stat.group_capacity,
-		SCHED_POWER_SCALE);
+		SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -6116,7 +6116,7 @@ void fix_small_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sds)
 		imbn = 1;
 
 	scaled_busy_load_per_task =
-		(busiest->load_per_task * SCHED_POWER_SCALE) /
+		(busiest->load_per_task * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) /
 		busiest->group_capacity;
 
 	if (busiest->avg_load + scaled_busy_load_per_task >=
@@ -6135,7 +6135,7 @@ void fix_small_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sds)
 			min(busiest->load_per_task, busiest->avg_load);
 	capa_now += local->group_capacity *
 			min(local->load_per_task, local->avg_load);
-	capa_now /= SCHED_POWER_SCALE;
+	capa_now /= SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
 
 	/* Amount of load we'd subtract */
 	if (busiest->avg_load > scaled_busy_load_per_task) {
@@ -6146,16 +6146,16 @@ void fix_small_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *sds)
 
 	/* Amount of load we'd add */
 	if (busiest->avg_load * busiest->group_capacity <
-	    busiest->load_per_task * SCHED_POWER_SCALE) {
+	    busiest->load_per_task * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) {
 		tmp = (busiest->avg_load * busiest->group_capacity) /
 		      local->group_capacity;
 	} else {
-		tmp = (busiest->load_per_task * SCHED_POWER_SCALE) /
+		tmp = (busiest->load_per_task * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) /
 		      local->group_capacity;
 	}
 	capa_move += local->group_capacity *
 		    min(local->load_per_task, local->avg_load + tmp);
-	capa_move /= SCHED_POWER_SCALE;
+	capa_move /= SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
 
 	/* Move if we gain throughput */
 	if (capa_move > capa_now)
@@ -6205,7 +6205,7 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *s
 		load_above_capacity =
 			(busiest->sum_nr_running - busiest->group_capacity_factor);
 
-		load_above_capacity *= (SCHED_LOAD_SCALE * SCHED_POWER_SCALE);
+		load_above_capacity *= (SCHED_LOAD_SCALE * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
 		load_above_capacity /= busiest->group_capacity;
 	}
 
@@ -6223,7 +6223,7 @@ static inline void calculate_imbalance(struct lb_env *env, struct sd_lb_stats *s
 	env->imbalance = min(
 		max_pull * busiest->group_capacity,
 		(sds->avg_load - local->avg_load) * local->group_capacity
-	) / SCHED_POWER_SCALE;
+	) / SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
 
 	/*
 	 * if *imbalance is less than the average load per runnable task
@@ -6277,7 +6277,8 @@ static struct sched_group *find_busiest_group(struct lb_env *env)
 	if (!sds.busiest || busiest->sum_nr_running == 0)
 		goto out_balanced;
 
-	sds.avg_load = (SCHED_POWER_SCALE * sds.total_load) / sds.total_capacity;
+	sds.avg_load = (SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE * sds.total_load)
+						/ sds.total_capacity;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the busiest group is imbalanced the below checks don't
@@ -6376,7 +6377,7 @@ static struct rq *find_busiest_queue(struct lb_env *env,
 			continue;
 
 		capacity = capacity_of(i);
-		capacity_factor = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(capacity, SCHED_POWER_SCALE);
+		capacity_factor = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(capacity, SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
 		if (!capacity_factor)
 			capacity_factor = fix_small_capacity(env->sd, group);
 
