diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index e85a2fd258e2..a5d3422f7d0d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4502,7 +4502,7 @@ static void __sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 	p->se.nr_migrations		= 0;
 	p->se.vruntime			= 0;
 	p->se.vlag			= 0;
-	p->se.slice			= sysctl_sched_min_granularity;
+	p->se.slice			= sysctl_sched_base_slice;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->se.group_node);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index f8d190c7c8c0..4c3d0d9f3db6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static __init int sched_init_debug(void)
 	debugfs_create_file("preempt", 0644, debugfs_sched, NULL, &sched_dynamic_fops);
 #endif
 
-	debugfs_create_u32("min_granularity_ns", 0644, debugfs_sched, &sysctl_sched_min_granularity);
+	debugfs_create_u32("base_slice_ns", 0644, debugfs_sched, &sysctl_sched_base_slice);
 
 	debugfs_create_u32("latency_warn_ms", 0644, debugfs_sched, &sysctl_resched_latency_warn_ms);
 	debugfs_create_u32("latency_warn_once", 0644, debugfs_sched, &sysctl_resched_latency_warn_once);
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ static void sched_debug_header(struct seq_file *m)
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-40s: %Ld\n", #x, (long long)(x))
 #define PN(x) \
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-40s: %Ld.%06ld\n", #x, SPLIT_NS(x))
-	PN(sysctl_sched_min_granularity);
+	PN(sysctl_sched_base_slice);
 	P(sysctl_sched_child_runs_first);
 	P(sysctl_sched_features);
 #undef PN
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 0605eb45c58a..61747a25d06d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ unsigned int sysctl_sched_tunable_scaling = SCHED_TUNABLESCALING_LOG;
  *
  * (default: 0.75 msec * (1 + ilog(ncpus)), units: nanoseconds)
  */
-unsigned int sysctl_sched_min_granularity			= 750000ULL;
-static unsigned int normalized_sysctl_sched_min_granularity	= 750000ULL;
+unsigned int sysctl_sched_base_slice			= 750000ULL;
+static unsigned int normalized_sysctl_sched_base_slice	= 750000ULL;
 
 /*
  * After fork, child runs first. If set to 0 (default) then
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static void update_sysctl(void)
 
 #define SET_SYSCTL(name) \
 	(sysctl_##name = (factor) * normalized_sysctl_##name)
-	SET_SYSCTL(sched_min_granularity);
+	SET_SYSCTL(sched_base_slice);
 #undef SET_SYSCTL
 }
 
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ int sched_update_scaling(void)
 
 #define WRT_SYSCTL(name) \
 	(normalized_sysctl_##name = sysctl_##name / (factor))
-	WRT_SYSCTL(sched_min_granularity);
+	WRT_SYSCTL(sched_base_slice);
 #undef WRT_SYSCTL
 
 	return 0;
@@ -964,9 +964,9 @@ static void update_deadline(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 	/*
 	 * For EEVDF the virtual time slope is determined by w_i (iow.
 	 * nice) while the request time r_i is determined by
-	 * sysctl_sched_min_granularity.
+	 * sysctl_sched_base_slice.
 	 */
-	se->slice = sysctl_sched_min_granularity;
+	se->slice = sysctl_sched_base_slice;
 
 	/*
 	 * EEVDF: vd_i = ve_i + r_i / w_i
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index f814bb731235..7ff9965570e6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ extern void check_preempt_curr(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags);
 extern const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_nr_migrate;
 extern const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_migration_cost;
 
-extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_min_granularity;
+extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_base_slice;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
 extern int sysctl_resched_latency_warn_ms;