diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
index 9dc5bb428c8a332df541e053b7affb9bb63cdfac..1fe79e750470bf7f84eb0413fc1abc49c6167bae 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -609,8 +609,8 @@ enum io_uring_register_op {
 
 	IORING_REGISTER_CLOCK			= 29,
 
-	/* copy registered buffers from source ring to current ring */
-	IORING_REGISTER_COPY_BUFFERS		= 30,
+	/* clone registered buffers from source ring to current ring */
+	IORING_REGISTER_CLONE_BUFFERS		= 30,
 
 	/* this goes last */
 	IORING_REGISTER_LAST,
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ enum {
 	IORING_REGISTER_SRC_REGISTERED = 1,
 };
 
-struct io_uring_copy_buffers {
+struct io_uring_clone_buffers {
 	__u32	src_fd;
 	__u32	flags;
 	__u32	pad[6];
diff --git a/io_uring/register.c b/io_uring/register.c
index dab0f8024ddf35e998e6229df933c59cd946a1ce..b8a48a6a89ee5252a4b718d0269f57556eaff57c 100644
--- a/io_uring/register.c
+++ b/io_uring/register.c
@@ -542,11 +542,11 @@ static int __io_uring_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned opcode,
 			break;
 		ret = io_register_clock(ctx, arg);
 		break;
-	case IORING_REGISTER_COPY_BUFFERS:
+	case IORING_REGISTER_CLONE_BUFFERS:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		if (!arg || nr_args != 1)
 			break;
-		ret = io_register_copy_buffers(ctx, arg);
+		ret = io_register_clone_buffers(ctx, arg);
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/io_uring/rsrc.c b/io_uring/rsrc.c
index 40696a395f0afd1668bc6d17001e6535cc971212..9264e555ae59ec2243dd2b6cc90aedd893de5de5 100644
--- a/io_uring/rsrc.c
+++ b/io_uring/rsrc.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ int io_import_fixed(int ddir, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int io_copy_buffers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_ring_ctx *src_ctx)
+static int io_clone_buffers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_ring_ctx *src_ctx)
 {
 	struct io_mapped_ubuf **user_bufs;
 	struct io_rsrc_data *data;
@@ -1203,9 +1203,9 @@ out_unlock:
  *
  * Since the memory is already accounted once, don't account it again.
  */
-int io_register_copy_buffers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
+int io_register_clone_buffers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct io_uring_copy_buffers buf;
+	struct io_uring_clone_buffers buf;
 	bool registered_src;
 	struct file *file;
 	int ret;
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ int io_register_copy_buffers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 	file = io_uring_register_get_file(buf.src_fd, registered_src);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
-	ret = io_copy_buffers(ctx, file->private_data);
+	ret = io_clone_buffers(ctx, file->private_data);
 	if (!registered_src)
 		fput(file);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/io_uring/rsrc.h b/io_uring/rsrc.h
index 93546ab337a687118a26f087238e22deefd39d4e..eb4803e473b01302413df546e60f62849eca2c41 100644
--- a/io_uring/rsrc.h
+++ b/io_uring/rsrc.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int io_import_fixed(int ddir, struct iov_iter *iter,
 			   struct io_mapped_ubuf *imu,
 			   u64 buf_addr, size_t len);
 
-int io_register_copy_buffers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg);
+int io_register_clone_buffers(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg);
 void __io_sqe_buffers_unregister(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx);
 int io_sqe_buffers_unregister(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx);
 int io_sqe_buffers_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg,