diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index b11bd4b387e1..e7940882cbe8 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ source "fs/ceph/Kconfig"
 source "fs/cifs/Kconfig"
 source "fs/ksmbd/Kconfig"
 
-config CIFS_COMMON
+config SMBFS_COMMON
 	tristate
 	default y if CIFS=y
 	default m if CIFS=m
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index 354e2ba3ee67..1f18802f43a4 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LOCKD)		+= lockd/
 obj-$(CONFIG_NLS)		+= nls/
 obj-$(CONFIG_UNICODE)		+= unicode/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSV_FS)		+= sysv/
-obj-$(CONFIG_CIFS_COMMON)	+= cifs_common/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SMBFS_COMMON)	+= smbfs_common/
 obj-$(CONFIG_CIFS)		+= cifs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMB_SERVER)	+= ksmbd/
 obj-$(CONFIG_HPFS_FS)		+= hpfs/
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
index 6679e07e533e..2e6f40344037 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/fips.h>
-#include "../cifs_common/arc4.h"
+#include "../smbfs_common/arc4.h"
 #include <crypto/aead.h>
 
 int __cifs_calc_signature(struct smb_rqst *rqst,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c b/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c
index 10047cc55286..4a0487753869 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "cifsglob.h"
 #include "cifs_debug.h"
 #include "cifsproto.h"
-#include "../cifs_common/md4.h"
+#include "../smbfs_common/md4.h"
 
 #ifndef false
 #define false 0
diff --git a/fs/cifs_common/Makefile b/fs/smbfs_common/Makefile
similarity index 59%
rename from fs/cifs_common/Makefile
rename to fs/smbfs_common/Makefile
index 6fedd2f88a25..cafc61a3bfc3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs_common/Makefile
+++ b/fs/smbfs_common/Makefile
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # Makefile for Linux filesystem routines that are shared by client and server.
 #
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_CIFS_COMMON) += cifs_arc4.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CIFS_COMMON) += cifs_md4.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SMBFS_COMMON) += cifs_arc4.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SMBFS_COMMON) += cifs_md4.o
diff --git a/fs/cifs_common/arc4.h b/fs/smbfs_common/arc4.h
similarity index 100%
rename from fs/cifs_common/arc4.h
rename to fs/smbfs_common/arc4.h
diff --git a/fs/cifs_common/cifs_arc4.c b/fs/smbfs_common/cifs_arc4.c
similarity index 91%
rename from fs/cifs_common/cifs_arc4.c
rename to fs/smbfs_common/cifs_arc4.c
index b964cc682944..85ba15a60b13 100644
--- a/fs/cifs_common/cifs_arc4.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs_common/cifs_arc4.c
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ void cifs_arc4_crypt(struct arc4_ctx *ctx, u8 *out, const u8 *in, unsigned int l
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cifs_arc4_crypt);
 
 static int __init
-init_cifs_common(void)
+init_smbfs_common(void)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 static void __init
-exit_cifs_common(void)
+exit_smbfs_common(void)
 {
 }
 
-module_init(init_cifs_common)
-module_exit(exit_cifs_common)
+module_init(init_smbfs_common)
+module_exit(exit_smbfs_common)
diff --git a/fs/cifs_common/cifs_md4.c b/fs/smbfs_common/cifs_md4.c
similarity index 100%
rename from fs/cifs_common/cifs_md4.c
rename to fs/smbfs_common/cifs_md4.c
diff --git a/fs/cifs_common/md4.h b/fs/smbfs_common/md4.h
similarity index 100%
rename from fs/cifs_common/md4.h
rename to fs/smbfs_common/md4.h