diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
index d4f33eb805dd228a8d8aff796bd77327334aa24b..ab022dcd09117571d215294ed51c5675543165f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT ||    24 || host will warn if no guest-side
 
 flag                               || value || meaning
 ==================================================================================
-KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED                ||     0 || guest checks this feature bit to
-                                   ||       || determine if there is vCPU pinning
-                                   ||       || and there is no vCPU over-commitment,
+KVM_HINTS_REALTIME                 ||     0 || guest checks this feature bit to
+                                   ||       || determine that vCPUs are never
+                                   ||       || preempted for an unlimited time,
                                    ||       || allowing optimizations
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
index 4c851ebb3cebd4654f9dabed1e9c19520b072c0d..0ede697c396119be61eb223a40607ff6e6e985ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH	9
 #define KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_VMEXIT	10
 
-#define KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED      0
+#define KVM_HINTS_REALTIME      0
 
 /* The last 8 bits are used to indicate how to interpret the flags field
  * in pvclock structure. If no bits are set, all flags are ignored.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 7867417cfaff2b59ee2c2531072a632a9e810f41..5b2300b818af9333f8d57f6b082f426b8556b606 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static void __init sev_map_percpu_data(void)
 static void __init kvm_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
 	native_smp_prepare_cpus(max_cpus);
-	if (kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED))
+	if (kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_REALTIME))
 		static_branch_disable(&virt_spin_lock_key);
 }
 
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
 	}
 
 	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH) &&
-	    !kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED) &&
+	    !kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_REALTIME) &&
 	    kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME))
 		pv_mmu_ops.flush_tlb_others = kvm_flush_tlb_others;
 
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static __init int kvm_setup_pv_tlb_flush(void)
 	int cpu;
 
 	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH) &&
-	    !kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED) &&
+	    !kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_REALTIME) &&
 	    kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME)) {
 		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 			zalloc_cpumask_var_node(per_cpu_ptr(&__pv_tlb_mask, cpu),
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ void __init kvm_spinlock_init(void)
 	if (!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT))
 		return;
 
-	if (kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED))
+	if (kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_REALTIME))
 		return;
 
 	__pv_init_lock_hash();