diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/Makefile b/drivers/net/ipa/Makefile
index a4a42fc7b840e..6abd1db9fe330 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/Makefile
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ ipa-y			:=	ipa_main.o ipa_clock.o ipa_reg.o ipa_mem.o \
 				ipa_endpoint.o ipa_cmd.o ipa_modem.o \
 				ipa_resource.o ipa_qmi.o ipa_qmi_msg.o
 
-ipa-y			+=	ipa_data-v3.5.1.o ipa_data-sc7180.o
+ipa-y			+=	ipa_data-v3.5.1.o ipa_data-v4.2.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_data-sc7180.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_data-v4.2.c
similarity index 90%
rename from drivers/net/ipa/ipa_data-sc7180.c
rename to drivers/net/ipa/ipa_data-v4.2.c
index 810c673be56ee..8744f19c64011 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_data-sc7180.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_data-v4.2.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "ipa_endpoint.h"
 #include "ipa_mem.h"
 
-/** enum ipa_resource_type - IPA resource types */
+/** enum ipa_resource_type - IPA resource types for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
 enum ipa_resource_type {
 	/* Source resource types; first must have value 0 */
 	IPA_RESOURCE_TYPE_SRC_PKT_CONTEXTS		= 0,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ enum ipa_resource_type {
 	IPA_RESOURCE_TYPE_DST_DPS_DMARS,
 };
 
-/* Resource groups used for the SC7180 SoC */
+/* Resource groups used for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
 enum ipa_rsrc_group_id {
 	/* Source resource group identifiers */
 	IPA_RSRC_GROUP_SRC_UL_DL	= 0,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ enum ipa_rsrc_group_id {
 	IPA_RSRC_GROUP_DST_COUNT,	/* Last; not a destination group */
 };
 
-/* QSB configuration for the SC7180 SoC. */
+/* QSB configuration data for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
 static const struct ipa_qsb_data ipa_qsb_data[] = {
 	[IPA_QSB_MASTER_DDR] = {
 		.max_writes	= 8,
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static const struct ipa_qsb_data ipa_qsb_data[] = {
 	},
 };
 
-/* Endpoint configuration for the SC7180 SoC. */
+/* Endpoint configuration data for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
 static const struct ipa_gsi_endpoint_data ipa_gsi_endpoint_data[] = {
 	[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_COMMAND_TX] = {
 		.ee_id		= GSI_EE_AP,
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static const struct ipa_gsi_endpoint_data ipa_gsi_endpoint_data[] = {
 	},
 };
 
-/* Source resource configuration data for the SC7180 SoC */
+/* Source resource configuration data for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
 static const struct ipa_resource ipa_resource_src[] = {
 	[IPA_RESOURCE_TYPE_SRC_PKT_CONTEXTS] = {
 		.limits[IPA_RSRC_GROUP_SRC_UL_DL] = {
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static const struct ipa_resource ipa_resource_src[] = {
 	},
 };
 
-/* Destination resource configuration data for the SC7180 SoC */
+/* Destination resource configuration data for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
 static const struct ipa_resource ipa_resource_dst[] = {
 	[IPA_RESOURCE_TYPE_DST_DATA_SECTORS] = {
 		.limits[IPA_RSRC_GROUP_DST_UL_DL_DPL] = {
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static const struct ipa_resource ipa_resource_dst[] = {
 	},
 };
 
-/* Resource configuration for the SC7180 SoC. */
+/* Resource configuration data for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
 static const struct ipa_resource_data ipa_resource_data = {
 	.rsrc_group_src_count	= IPA_RSRC_GROUP_SRC_COUNT,
 	.rsrc_group_dst_count	= IPA_RSRC_GROUP_DST_COUNT,
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static const struct ipa_resource_data ipa_resource_data = {
 	.resource_dst		= ipa_resource_dst,
 };
 
-/* IPA-resident memory region configuration for the SC7180 SoC. */
+/* IPA-resident memory region data for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
 static const struct ipa_mem ipa_mem_local_data[] = {
 	[IPA_MEM_UC_SHARED] = {
 		.offset		= 0x0000,
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ static const struct ipa_mem ipa_mem_local_data[] = {
 	},
 };
 
+/* Memory configuration data for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
 static const struct ipa_mem_data ipa_mem_data = {
 	.local_count	= ARRAY_SIZE(ipa_mem_local_data),
 	.local		= ipa_mem_local_data,
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ static const struct ipa_mem_data ipa_mem_data = {
 	.smem_size	= 0x00002000,
 };
 
-/* Interconnect bandwidths are in 1000 byte/second units */
+/* Interconnect rates are in 1000 byte/second units */
 static const struct ipa_interconnect_data ipa_interconnect_data[] = {
 	{
 		.name			= "memory",
@@ -340,14 +341,15 @@ static const struct ipa_interconnect_data ipa_interconnect_data[] = {
 	},
 };
 
+/* Clock and interconnect configuration data for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
 static const struct ipa_clock_data ipa_clock_data = {
 	.core_clock_rate	= 100 * 1000 * 1000,	/* Hz */
 	.interconnect_count	= ARRAY_SIZE(ipa_interconnect_data),
 	.interconnect_data	= ipa_interconnect_data,
 };
 
-/* Configuration data for the SC7180 SoC. */
-const struct ipa_data ipa_data_sc7180 = {
+/* Configuration data for an SoC having IPA v4.2 */
+const struct ipa_data ipa_data_v4_2 = {
 	.version	= IPA_VERSION_4_2,
 	/* backward_compat value is 0 */
 	.qsb_count	= ARRAY_SIZE(ipa_qsb_data),
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_data.h b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_data.h
index 17cdc376e95f3..e97342e80d537 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_data.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_data.h
@@ -301,6 +301,6 @@ struct ipa_data {
 };
 
 extern const struct ipa_data ipa_data_v3_5_1;
-extern const struct ipa_data ipa_data_sc7180;
+extern const struct ipa_data ipa_data_v4_2;
 
 #endif /* _IPA_DATA_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
index 37e85a5ab75cf..a970d10e650ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id ipa_match[] = {
 	},
 	{
 		.compatible	= "qcom,sc7180-ipa",
-		.data		= &ipa_data_sc7180,
+		.data		= &ipa_data_v4_2,
 	},
 	{ },
 };
