diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c
index ab171bfe6e86..b277f92f4532 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_reset - reset the CRTC state
+ * __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_init - Initialize the CRTC state
  * @crtc_state: atomic CRTC state, must not be NULL
  * @crtc: CRTC object, must not be NULL
  *
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@
  * values. This is useful for drivers that subclass the CRTC state.
  */
 void
-__drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_reset(struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state,
-				     struct drm_crtc *crtc)
+__drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_init(struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state,
+				    struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	crtc_state->crtc = crtc;
 	crtc_state->background_color = DRM_ARGB64_PREP(0xffff, 0, 0, 0);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_reset);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_init);
 
 /**
  * __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_reset - reset state on CRTC
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_reset(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 			       struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 {
 	if (crtc_state)
-		__drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_reset(crtc_state, crtc);
+		__drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_init(crtc_state, crtc);
 
 	if (drm_dev_has_vblank(crtc->dev))
 		drm_crtc_vblank_reset(crtc);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_crtc.c
index 03de219f7a64..7486f2dc60ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_crtc.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void intel_crtc_state_reset(struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state,
 {
 	memset(crtc_state, 0, sizeof(*crtc_state));
 
-	__drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_reset(&crtc_state->uapi, &crtc->base);
+	__drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_init(&crtc_state->uapi, &crtc->base);
 
 	crtc_state->cpu_transcoder = INVALID_TRANSCODER;
 	crtc_state->master_transcoder = INVALID_TRANSCODER;
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.h
index 8d1ef268fdef..0bb72453464a 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct drm_private_state;
 struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx;
 struct drm_device;
 
-void __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_reset(struct drm_crtc_state *state,
+void __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_init(struct drm_crtc_state *state,
 					  struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 void __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_reset(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 				    struct drm_crtc_state *state);