neigh_ifinfo->bat_iv.tq_avg = tq_avg;
                spin_unlock_bh(&tmp_neigh_node->ifinfo_lock);
 
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(neigh_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(neigh_ifinfo);
                neigh_ifinfo = NULL;
        }
 
        if (router)
                batadv_neigh_node_put(router);
        if (neigh_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(neigh_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(neigh_ifinfo);
        if (router_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(router_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(router_ifinfo);
 }
 
 /**
        neigh_ifinfo = batadv_neigh_ifinfo_new(neigh_node, if_outgoing);
        if (neigh_ifinfo) {
                neigh_rq_count = neigh_ifinfo->bat_iv.real_packet_count;
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(neigh_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(neigh_ifinfo);
        } else {
                neigh_rq_count = 0;
        }
                packet_count = bitmap_weight(bitmap,
                                             BATADV_TQ_LOCAL_WINDOW_SIZE);
                neigh_ifinfo->bat_iv.real_packet_count = packet_count;
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(neigh_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(neigh_ifinfo);
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
 
                batadv_orig_node_put(orig_neigh_node);
 out:
        if (router_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(router_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(router_ifinfo);
        if (router)
                batadv_neigh_node_put(router);
        if (router_router)
                           neigh_node->addr,
                           n_ifinfo->bat_iv.tq_avg);
 
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(n_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(n_ifinfo);
        }
 }
 
 next:
                        batadv_neigh_node_put(neigh_node);
                        if (n_ifinfo)
-                               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(n_ifinfo);
+                               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(n_ifinfo);
                }
                rcu_read_unlock();
        }
 
 out:
        if (neigh1_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(neigh1_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(neigh1_ifinfo);
        if (neigh2_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(neigh2_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(neigh2_ifinfo);
 
        return diff;
 }
 
 out:
        if (neigh1_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(neigh1_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(neigh1_ifinfo);
        if (neigh2_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(neigh2_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(neigh2_ifinfo);
 
        return ret;
 }
 
 next:
                batadv_neigh_node_put(router);
                if (router_ifinfo)
-                       batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(router_ifinfo);
+                       batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(router_ifinfo);
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
 
        if (router)
                batadv_neigh_node_put(router);
        if (router_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(router_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(router_ifinfo);
 }
 
 void batadv_gw_check_election(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
        if (router_orig)
                batadv_neigh_node_put(router_orig);
        if (router_gw_tq)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(router_gw_tq);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(router_gw_tq);
        if (router_orig_tq)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(router_orig_tq);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(router_orig_tq);
 }
 
 /**
                batadv_gw_node_free_ref(curr_gw);
 out:
        if (router_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(router_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(router_ifinfo);
        if (router)
                batadv_neigh_node_put(router);
        return ret;
                        goto out;
 
                curr_tq_avg = curr_ifinfo->bat_iv.tq_avg;
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(curr_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(curr_ifinfo);
 
                break;
        case BATADV_GW_MODE_OFF:
 
        if ((curr_tq_avg - old_ifinfo->bat_iv.tq_avg) > BATADV_GW_THRESHOLD)
                out_of_range = true;
-       batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(old_ifinfo);
+       batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(old_ifinfo);
 
 out:
        if (orig_dst_node)
 
        if (router_coding)
                batadv_neigh_node_put(router_coding);
        if (router_neigh_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(router_neigh_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(router_neigh_ifinfo);
        if (router_coding_ifinfo)
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(router_coding_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(router_coding_ifinfo);
        return res;
 }
 
 
 }
 
 /**
- * batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref - decrement the refcounter and possibly release
+ * batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put - decrement the refcounter and possibly release
  *  the neigh_ifinfo
  * @neigh_ifinfo: the neigh_ifinfo object to release
  */
-void batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(struct batadv_neigh_ifinfo *neigh_ifinfo)
+void batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(struct batadv_neigh_ifinfo *neigh_ifinfo)
 {
        kref_put(&neigh_ifinfo->refcount, batadv_neigh_ifinfo_release);
 }
 
        hlist_for_each_entry_safe(neigh_ifinfo, node_tmp,
                                  &neigh_node->ifinfo_list, list) {
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(neigh_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(neigh_ifinfo);
        }
 
        hardif_neigh = batadv_hardif_neigh_get(neigh_node->if_incoming,
                           neigh->addr, if_outgoing->net_dev->name);
 
                hlist_del_rcu(&neigh_ifinfo->list);
-               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(neigh_ifinfo);
+               batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(neigh_ifinfo);
        }
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&neigh->ifinfo_lock);
 
 struct batadv_neigh_ifinfo *
 batadv_neigh_ifinfo_get(struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh,
                        struct batadv_hard_iface *if_outgoing);
-void batadv_neigh_ifinfo_free_ref(struct batadv_neigh_ifinfo *neigh_ifinfo);
+void batadv_neigh_ifinfo_put(struct batadv_neigh_ifinfo *neigh_ifinfo);
 
 int batadv_hardif_neigh_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);