diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
index 3972b84..bc77c73 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 int			rpcauth_register(struct rpc_authops *);
 int			rpcauth_unregister(struct rpc_authops *);
 struct rpc_auth *	rpcauth_create(rpc_authflavor_t, struct rpc_clnt *);
-void			rpcauth_destroy(struct rpc_auth *);
+void			rpcauth_release(struct rpc_auth *);
 struct rpc_cred *	rpcauth_lookup_credcache(struct rpc_auth *, struct auth_cred *, int);
 struct rpc_cred *	rpcauth_lookupcred(struct rpc_auth *, int);
 struct rpc_cred *	rpcauth_bindcred(struct rpc_task *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index 584f2431..1686dc7 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(auth))
 		return auth;
 	if (clnt->cl_auth)
-		rpcauth_destroy(clnt->cl_auth);
+		rpcauth_release(clnt->cl_auth);
 	clnt->cl_auth = auth;
 
 out:
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 }
 
 void
-rpcauth_destroy(struct rpc_auth *auth)
+rpcauth_release(struct rpc_auth *auth)
 {
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&auth->au_count))
 		return;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 5a28ffa..98df44e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 	dprintk("RPC:       destroying %s client for %s\n",
 			clnt->cl_protname, clnt->cl_server);
 	if (clnt->cl_auth) {
-		rpcauth_destroy(clnt->cl_auth);
+		rpcauth_release(clnt->cl_auth);
 		clnt->cl_auth = NULL;
 	}
 	if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {