diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 985c389e14ef..a2acf79c365d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -1822,15 +1822,15 @@ void intel_flush_primary_plane(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 }
 
 /**
- * intel_enable_plane - enable a display plane on a given pipe
+ * intel_enable_primary_plane - enable the primary plane on a given pipe
  * @dev_priv: i915 private structure
  * @plane: plane to enable
  * @pipe: pipe being fed
  *
  * Enable @plane on @pipe, making sure that @pipe is running first.
  */
-static void intel_enable_plane(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
-			       enum plane plane, enum pipe pipe)
+static void intel_enable_primary_plane(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
+				       enum plane plane, enum pipe pipe)
 {
 	struct intel_crtc *intel_crtc =
 		to_intel_crtc(dev_priv->pipe_to_crtc_mapping[pipe]);
@@ -1853,15 +1853,15 @@ static void intel_enable_plane(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 }
 
 /**
- * intel_disable_plane - disable a display plane
+ * intel_disable_primary_plane - disable the primary plane
  * @dev_priv: i915 private structure
  * @plane: plane to disable
  * @pipe: pipe consuming the data
  *
  * Disable @plane; should be an independent operation.
  */
-static void intel_disable_plane(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
-				enum plane plane, enum pipe pipe)
+static void intel_disable_primary_plane(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
+					enum plane plane, enum pipe pipe)
 {
 	struct intel_crtc *intel_crtc =
 		to_intel_crtc(dev_priv->pipe_to_crtc_mapping[pipe]);
@@ -3451,7 +3451,7 @@ static void ironlake_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	intel_update_watermarks(crtc);
 	intel_enable_pipe(dev_priv, pipe,
 			  intel_crtc->config.has_pch_encoder, false);
-	intel_enable_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
+	intel_enable_primary_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
 	intel_enable_planes(crtc);
 	intel_crtc_update_cursor(crtc, true);
 
@@ -3493,7 +3493,7 @@ static void haswell_crtc_enable_planes(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	int pipe = intel_crtc->pipe;
 	int plane = intel_crtc->plane;
 
-	intel_enable_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
+	intel_enable_primary_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
 	intel_enable_planes(crtc);
 	intel_crtc_update_cursor(crtc, true);
 
@@ -3523,7 +3523,7 @@ static void haswell_crtc_disable_planes(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 
 	intel_crtc_update_cursor(crtc, false);
 	intel_disable_planes(crtc);
-	intel_disable_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
+	intel_disable_primary_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3662,7 +3662,7 @@ static void ironlake_crtc_disable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 
 	intel_crtc_update_cursor(crtc, false);
 	intel_disable_planes(crtc);
-	intel_disable_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
+	intel_disable_primary_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
 
 	if (intel_crtc->config.has_pch_encoder)
 		intel_set_pch_fifo_underrun_reporting(dev, pipe, false);
@@ -3870,7 +3870,7 @@ static void valleyview_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 
 	intel_update_watermarks(crtc);
 	intel_enable_pipe(dev_priv, pipe, false, is_dsi);
-	intel_enable_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
+	intel_enable_primary_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
 	intel_enable_planes(crtc);
 	intel_crtc_update_cursor(crtc, true);
 
@@ -3908,7 +3908,7 @@ static void i9xx_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 
 	intel_update_watermarks(crtc);
 	intel_enable_pipe(dev_priv, pipe, false, false);
-	intel_enable_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
+	intel_enable_primary_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
 	intel_enable_planes(crtc);
 	/* The fixup needs to happen before cursor is enabled */
 	if (IS_G4X(dev))
@@ -3964,7 +3964,7 @@ static void i9xx_crtc_disable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	intel_crtc_dpms_overlay(intel_crtc, false);
 	intel_crtc_update_cursor(crtc, false);
 	intel_disable_planes(crtc);
-	intel_disable_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
+	intel_disable_primary_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
 
 	intel_disable_pipe(dev_priv, pipe);