diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 3a954067b6a4..36f8872cb072 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ void ovs_dp_process_received_packet(struct vport *p, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 out:
 	/* Update datapath statistics. */
-	u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->sync);
+	u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
 	(*stats_counter)++;
 	stats->n_mask_hit += n_mask_hit;
-	u64_stats_update_end(&stats->sync);
+	u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
 }
 
 static struct genl_family dp_packet_genl_family = {
@@ -295,9 +295,9 @@ int ovs_dp_upcall(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 err:
 	stats = this_cpu_ptr(dp->stats_percpu);
 
-	u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->sync);
+	u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->syncp);
 	stats->n_lost++;
-	u64_stats_update_end(&stats->sync);
+	u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -606,9 +606,9 @@ static void get_dp_stats(struct datapath *dp, struct ovs_dp_stats *stats,
 		percpu_stats = per_cpu_ptr(dp->stats_percpu, i);
 
 		do {
-			start = u64_stats_fetch_begin_bh(&percpu_stats->sync);
+			start = u64_stats_fetch_begin_bh(&percpu_stats->syncp);
 			local_stats = *percpu_stats;
-		} while (u64_stats_fetch_retry_bh(&percpu_stats->sync, start));
+		} while (u64_stats_fetch_retry_bh(&percpu_stats->syncp, start));
 
 		stats->n_hit += local_stats.n_hit;
 		stats->n_missed += local_stats.n_missed;
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.h b/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
index 6be9fbb5e9cb..05317380fc03 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct dp_stats_percpu {
 	u64 n_missed;
 	u64 n_lost;
 	u64 n_mask_hit;
-	struct u64_stats_sync sync;
+	struct u64_stats_sync syncp;
 };
 
 /**