diff --git a/drivers/base/platform-msi.c b/drivers/base/platform-msi.c
index 5d50793dded6..46ee9554717b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform-msi.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform-msi.c
@@ -313,17 +313,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_msi_domain_free_irqs);
  *                              a platform-msi domain
  * @domain:	The platform-msi domain
  *
- * Returns the private data provided when calling
- * platform_msi_create_device_domain.
+ * Return: The private data provided when calling
+ * platform_msi_create_device_domain().
  */
 void *platform_msi_get_host_data(struct irq_domain *domain)
 {
 	struct platform_msi_priv_data *data = domain->host_data;
+
 	return data->host_data;
 }
 
 /**
- * __platform_msi_create_device_domain - Create a platform-msi domain
+ * __platform_msi_create_device_domain - Create a platform-msi device domain
  *
  * @dev:		The device generating the MSIs
  * @nvec:		The number of MSIs that need to be allocated
@@ -332,7 +333,11 @@ void *platform_msi_get_host_data(struct irq_domain *domain)
  * @ops:		The hierarchy domain operations to use
  * @host_data:		Private data associated to this domain
  *
- * Returns an irqdomain for @nvec interrupts
+ * Return: An irqdomain for @nvec interrupts on success, NULL in case of error.
+ *
+ * This is for interrupt domains which stack on a platform-msi domain
+ * created by platform_msi_create_irq_domain(). @dev->msi.domain points to
+ * that platform-msi domain which is the parent for the new domain.
  */
 struct irq_domain *
 __platform_msi_create_device_domain(struct device *dev,
@@ -372,18 +377,19 @@ free_priv:
 }
 
 /**
- * platform_msi_domain_free - Free interrupts associated with a platform-msi
- *                            domain
+ * platform_msi_device_domain_free - Free interrupts associated with a platform-msi
+ *				     device domain
  *
- * @domain:	The platform-msi domain
+ * @domain:	The platform-msi device domain
  * @virq:	The base irq from which to perform the free operation
  * @nvec:	How many interrupts to free from @virq
  */
-void platform_msi_domain_free(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
-			      unsigned int nvec)
+void platform_msi_device_domain_free(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
+				     unsigned int nvec)
 {
 	struct platform_msi_priv_data *data = domain->host_data;
 	struct msi_desc *desc, *tmp;
+
 	for_each_msi_entry_safe(desc, tmp, data->dev) {
 		if (WARN_ON(!desc->irq || desc->nvec_used != 1))
 			return;
@@ -397,10 +403,10 @@ void platform_msi_domain_free(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
 }
 
 /**
- * platform_msi_domain_alloc - Allocate interrupts associated with
- *			       a platform-msi domain
+ * platform_msi_device_domain_alloc - Allocate interrupts associated with
+ *				      a platform-msi device domain
  *
- * @domain:	The platform-msi domain
+ * @domain:	The platform-msi device domain
  * @virq:	The base irq from which to perform the allocate operation
  * @nr_irqs:	How many interrupts to free from @virq
  *
@@ -408,8 +414,8 @@ void platform_msi_domain_free(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
  * with irq_domain_mutex held (which can only be done as part of a
  * top-level interrupt allocation).
  */
-int platform_msi_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
-			      unsigned int nr_irqs)
+int platform_msi_device_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
+				     unsigned int nr_irqs)
 {
 	struct platform_msi_priv_data *data = domain->host_data;
 	int err;
@@ -421,7 +427,7 @@ int platform_msi_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
 	err = msi_domain_populate_irqs(domain->parent, data->dev,
 				       virq, nr_irqs, &data->arg);
 	if (err)
-		platform_msi_domain_free(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
+		platform_msi_device_domain_free(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mbigen.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mbigen.c
index 12df2162108e..f3faf5c99770 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mbigen.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mbigen.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static int mbigen_irq_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = platform_msi_domain_alloc(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
+	err = platform_msi_device_domain_alloc(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int mbigen_irq_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain,
 static void mbigen_irq_domain_free(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
 				   unsigned int nr_irqs)
 {
-	platform_msi_domain_free(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
+	platform_msi_device_domain_free(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
 }
 
 static const struct irq_domain_ops mbigen_domain_ops = {
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mvebu-icu.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mvebu-icu.c
index 4a4a65a6f632..497da344717c 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mvebu-icu.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mvebu-icu.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ mvebu_icu_irq_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
 		icu_irqd->icu_group = msi_data->subset_data->icu_group;
 	icu_irqd->icu = icu;
 
-	err = platform_msi_domain_alloc(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
+	err = platform_msi_device_domain_alloc(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(icu->dev, "failed to allocate ICU interrupt in parent domain\n");
 		goto free_irqd;
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ mvebu_icu_irq_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
 	return 0;
 
 free_msi:
-	platform_msi_domain_free(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
+	platform_msi_device_domain_free(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
 free_irqd:
 	kfree(icu_irqd);
 	return err;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ mvebu_icu_irq_domain_free(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
 
 	kfree(icu_irqd);
 
-	platform_msi_domain_free(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
+	platform_msi_device_domain_free(domain, virq, nr_irqs);
 }
 
 static const struct irq_domain_ops mvebu_icu_domain_ops = {
diff --git a/include/linux/msi.h b/include/linux/msi.h
index 634a12962e72..12dd28629c43 100644
--- a/include/linux/msi.h
+++ b/include/linux/msi.h
@@ -435,10 +435,10 @@ __platform_msi_create_device_domain(struct device *dev,
 #define platform_msi_create_device_tree_domain(dev, nvec, write, ops, data) \
 	__platform_msi_create_device_domain(dev, nvec, true, write, ops, data)
 
-int platform_msi_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
-			      unsigned int nr_irqs);
-void platform_msi_domain_free(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
-			      unsigned int nvec);
+int platform_msi_device_domain_alloc(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
+				     unsigned int nr_irqs);
+void platform_msi_device_domain_free(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq,
+				     unsigned int nvec);
 void *platform_msi_get_host_data(struct irq_domain *domain);
 #endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_MSI_IRQ_DOMAIN */