diff --git a/drivers/dax/device.c b/drivers/dax/device.c
index 4c0af2eb7e19..1e89513f3c59 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/device.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/device.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ int dev_dax_probe(struct device *dev)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	dev_dax->pgmap.type = MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX;
+	dev_dax->pgmap.type = MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC;
 	addr = devm_memremap_pages(dev, &dev_dax->pgmap);
 	if (IS_ERR(addr))
 		return PTR_ERR(addr);
diff --git a/include/linux/memremap.h b/include/linux/memremap.h
index 5f5b2df06e61..e5862746751b 100644
--- a/include/linux/memremap.h
+++ b/include/linux/memremap.h
@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@ struct vmem_altmap {
  * wakeup is used to coordinate physical address space management (ex:
  * fs truncate/hole punch) vs pinned pages (ex: device dma).
  *
- * MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX:
+ * MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC:
  * Host memory that has similar access semantics as System RAM i.e. DMA
- * coherent and supports page pinning. In contrast to
- * MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX, this memory is access via a device-dax
- * character device.
+ * coherent and supports page pinning. This is for example used by DAX devices
+ * that expose memory using a character device.
  *
  * MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA:
  * Device memory residing in a PCI BAR intended for use with Peer-to-Peer
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ enum memory_type {
 	/* 0 is reserved to catch uninitialized type fields */
 	MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE = 1,
 	MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX,
-	MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX,
+	MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC,
 	MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA,
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/memremap.c b/mm/memremap.c
index 03e38b7a38f1..006dace60b1a 100644
--- a/mm/memremap.c
+++ b/mm/memremap.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void *memremap_pages(struct dev_pagemap *pgmap, int nid)
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		}
 		break;
-	case MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX:
+	case MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC:
 		need_devmap_managed = false;
 		break;
 	case MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA: