diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index ab8be90b5cc9..f37fceb69b73 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ enum tick_nohz_mode {
  * struct tick_sched - sched tick emulation and no idle tick control/stats
  * @sched_timer:	hrtimer to schedule the periodic tick in high
  *			resolution mode
- * @idle_tick:		Store the last idle tick expiry time when the tick
- *			timer is modified for idle sleeps. This is necessary
+ * @last_tick:		Store the last tick expiry time when the tick
+ *			timer is modified for nohz sleeps. This is necessary
  *			to resume the tick timer operation in the timeline
- *			when the CPU returns from idle
+ *			when the CPU returns from nohz sleep.
  * @tick_stopped:	Indicator that the idle tick has been stopped
  * @idle_jiffies:	jiffies at the entry to idle for idle time accounting
  * @idle_calls:		Total number of idle calls
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct tick_sched {
 	struct hrtimer			sched_timer;
 	unsigned long			check_clocks;
 	enum tick_nohz_mode		nohz_mode;
-	ktime_t				idle_tick;
+	ktime_t				last_tick;
 	int				inidle;
 	int				tick_stopped;
 	unsigned long			idle_jiffies;
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 911834b33b8a..73cc4901336d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
 		if (!ts->tick_stopped) {
 			select_nohz_load_balancer(1);
 
-			ts->idle_tick = hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer);
+			ts->last_tick = hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer);
 			ts->tick_stopped = 1;
 		}
 
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void)
 static void tick_nohz_restart(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
 {
 	hrtimer_cancel(&ts->sched_timer);
-	hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, ts->idle_tick);
+	hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, ts->last_tick);
 
 	while (1) {
 		/* Forward the time to expire in the future */
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_list.c b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
index 3258455549f4..af5a7e9f164b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_list.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void print_cpu(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, u64 now)
 	{
 		struct tick_sched *ts = tick_get_tick_sched(cpu);
 		P(nohz_mode);
-		P_ns(idle_tick);
+		P_ns(last_tick);
 		P(tick_stopped);
 		P(idle_jiffies);
 		P(idle_calls);
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static int timer_list_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	u64 now = ktime_to_ns(ktime_get());
 	int cpu;
 
-	SEQ_printf(m, "Timer List Version: v0.6\n");
+	SEQ_printf(m, "Timer List Version: v0.7\n");
 	SEQ_printf(m, "HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: %d\n", HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES);
 	SEQ_printf(m, "now at %Ld nsecs\n", (unsigned long long)now);