diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 512f10c4b6aaf21b44711e7f99c682cc15587212..70354f223daf52ffb7a651870c68d0835199418f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done);
 
 /**
  * drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail - commit atomic update to hardware
- * @old_state: atomic state object with old state structures
+ * @state: atomic state object being committed
  *
  * This is the default implementation for the
  * &drm_mode_config_helper_funcs.atomic_commit_tail hook, for drivers
@@ -1779,23 +1779,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done);
  * Note that the default ordering of how the various stages are called is to
  * match the legacy modeset helper library closest.
  */
-void drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail(struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
+void drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 {
-	struct drm_device *dev = old_state->dev;
+	struct drm_device *dev = state->dev;
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(dev, old_state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(dev, state);
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(dev, old_state, 0);
+	drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(dev, state, 0);
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(dev, old_state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(dev, state);
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_fake_vblank(old_state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_fake_vblank(state);
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_hw_done(old_state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_commit_hw_done(state);
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(dev, old_state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(dev, state);
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(dev, old_state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(dev, state);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail);