diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
index 859771c01611..d6255178fed0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ int vmbus_recvpacket(struct vmbus_channel *channel, void *buffer,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&channel->inbound_lock, flags);
 
-	ret = ringbuffer_peek(&channel->inbound, &desc,
+	ret = hv_ringbuffer_peek(&channel->inbound, &desc,
 			     sizeof(struct vmpacket_descriptor));
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&channel->inbound_lock, flags);
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ int vmbus_recvpacket_raw(struct vmbus_channel *channel, void *buffer,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&channel->inbound_lock, flags);
 
-	ret = ringbuffer_peek(&channel->inbound, &desc,
+	ret = hv_ringbuffer_peek(&channel->inbound, &desc,
 			     sizeof(struct vmpacket_descriptor));
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&channel->inbound_lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c b/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c
index 483678c83eba..bf04397c299c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c
@@ -418,13 +418,13 @@ int hv_ringbuffer_write(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *outring_info,
 /*++
 
 Name:
-	ringbuffer_peek()
+	hv_ringbuffer_peek()
 
 Description:
 	Read without advancing the read index
 
 --*/
-int ringbuffer_peek(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *Inring_info,
+int hv_ringbuffer_peek(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *Inring_info,
 		   void *Buffer, u32 buflen)
 {
 	u32 bytes_avail_towrite;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.h b/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.h
index 5c172889d116..c684d9718c64 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int hv_ringbuffer_write(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *ring_info,
 		    struct scatterlist *sglist,
 		    u32 sgcount);
 
-int ringbuffer_peek(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *ring_info, void *buffer,
+int hv_ringbuffer_peek(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *ring_info, void *buffer,
 		   u32 buflen);
 
 int ringbuffer_read(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *ring_info,