diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/auth.h b/include/linux/ceph/auth.h
index 1563265d2097..374bb1c4ef52 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/auth.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/auth.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ extern int ceph_auth_build_hello(struct ceph_auth_client *ac,
 extern int ceph_handle_auth_reply(struct ceph_auth_client *ac,
 				  void *buf, size_t len,
 				  void *reply_buf, size_t reply_len);
-extern int ceph_entity_name_encode(const char *name, void **p, void *end);
+int ceph_auth_entity_name_encode(const char *name, void **p, void *end);
 
 extern int ceph_build_auth(struct ceph_auth_client *ac,
 		    void *msg_buf, size_t msg_len);
diff --git a/net/ceph/auth.c b/net/ceph/auth.c
index 2bc5965fdd1e..78067dda9d3c 100644
--- a/net/ceph/auth.c
+++ b/net/ceph/auth.c
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ void ceph_auth_reset(struct ceph_auth_client *ac)
 	mutex_unlock(&ac->mutex);
 }
 
-int ceph_entity_name_encode(const char *name, void **p, void *end)
+/*
+ * EntityName, not to be confused with entity_name_t
+ */
+int ceph_auth_entity_name_encode(const char *name, void **p, void *end)
 {
 	int len = strlen(name);
 
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ int ceph_auth_build_hello(struct ceph_auth_client *ac, void *buf, size_t len)
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
 		ceph_encode_32(&p, supported_protocols[i]);
 
-	ret = ceph_entity_name_encode(ac->name, &p, end);
+	ret = ceph_auth_entity_name_encode(ac->name, &p, end);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 	ceph_decode_need(&p, end, sizeof(u64), bad);
diff --git a/net/ceph/auth_none.c b/net/ceph/auth_none.c
index 5f836f02ae36..df45e467c81f 100644
--- a/net/ceph/auth_none.c
+++ b/net/ceph/auth_none.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int ceph_auth_none_build_authorizer(struct ceph_auth_client *ac,
 	int ret;
 
 	ceph_encode_8_safe(&p, end, 1, e_range);
-	ret = ceph_entity_name_encode(ac->name, &p, end);
+	ret = ceph_auth_entity_name_encode(ac->name, &p, end);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;