diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmzone_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmzone_32.h
index ffa037f28d39..55728e121473 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmzone_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmzone_32.h
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ static inline void resume_map_numa_kva(pgd_t *pgd) {}
  *    64Gb / 4096bytes/page = 16777216 pages
  */
 #define MAX_NR_PAGES 16777216
-#define MAX_ELEMENTS 1024
-#define PAGES_PER_ELEMENT (MAX_NR_PAGES/MAX_ELEMENTS)
+#define MAX_SECTIONS 1024
+#define PAGES_PER_SECTION (MAX_NR_PAGES/MAX_SECTIONS)
 
 extern s8 physnode_map[];
 
 static inline int pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-	return((int) physnode_map[(pfn) / PAGES_PER_ELEMENT]);
+	return((int) physnode_map[(pfn) / PAGES_PER_SECTION]);
 #else
 	return 0;
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa_32.c
index 849a975d3fa0..3adebe7e536a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/numa_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa_32.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  *     physnode_map[16-31] = 1;
  *     physnode_map[32- ] = -1;
  */
-s8 physnode_map[MAX_ELEMENTS] __read_mostly = { [0 ... (MAX_ELEMENTS - 1)] = -1};
+s8 physnode_map[MAX_SECTIONS] __read_mostly = { [0 ... (MAX_SECTIONS - 1)] = -1};
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(physnode_map);
 
 void memory_present(int nid, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ void memory_present(int nid, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 			nid, start, end);
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "  Setting physnode_map array to node %d for pfns:\n", nid);
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "  ");
-	for (pfn = start; pfn < end; pfn += PAGES_PER_ELEMENT) {
-		physnode_map[pfn / PAGES_PER_ELEMENT] = nid;
+	for (pfn = start; pfn < end; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
+		physnode_map[pfn / PAGES_PER_SECTION] = nid;
 		printk(KERN_CONT "%lx ", pfn);
 	}
 	printk(KERN_CONT "\n");