diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
index 575675145fe2..0bc46149e491 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ __AARCH64_INSN_FUNCS(msr_reg,	0xFFF00000, 0xD5100000)
 
 #undef	__AARCH64_INSN_FUNCS
 
-bool aarch64_insn_is_nop(u32 insn);
+bool aarch64_insn_is_steppable_hint(u32 insn);
 bool aarch64_insn_is_branch_imm(u32 insn);
 
 static inline bool aarch64_insn_is_adr_adrp(u32 insn)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
index d63d9cd8b4a2..0829bb5b45ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ enum aarch64_insn_encoding_class __kprobes aarch64_get_insn_class(u32 insn)
 	return aarch64_insn_encoding_class[(insn >> 25) & 0xf];
 }
 
-/* NOP is an alias of HINT */
-bool __kprobes aarch64_insn_is_nop(u32 insn)
+bool __kprobes aarch64_insn_is_steppable_hint(u32 insn)
 {
 	if (!aarch64_insn_is_hint(insn))
 		return false;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/decode-insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/decode-insn.c
index b78fac9e546c..263d5fba4c8a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/decode-insn.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/decode-insn.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static bool __kprobes aarch64_insn_is_steppable(u32 insn)
 		 * except for the NOP case.
 		 */
 		if (aarch64_insn_is_hint(insn))
-			return aarch64_insn_is_nop(insn);
+			return aarch64_insn_is_steppable_hint(insn);
 
 		return true;
 	}