diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 6bb0c21d6335b..655f66b18418a 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -966,12 +966,13 @@ struct perf_event_context {
 	struct rcu_head			rcu_head;
 
 	/*
-	 * Sum (event->pending_work + event->pending_work)
+	 * The count of events for which using the switch-out fast path
+	 * should be avoided.
 	 *
 	 * The SIGTRAP is targeted at ctx->task, as such it won't do changing
 	 * that until the signal is delivered.
 	 */
-	local_t				nr_pending;
+	local_t				nr_no_switch_fast;
 };
 
 struct perf_cpu_pmu_context {
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index aa3450bdc2276..e6cc354a3ceef 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3516,9 +3516,9 @@ perf_event_context_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, struct task_struct *next)
 
 			perf_ctx_disable(ctx, false);
 
-			/* PMIs are disabled; ctx->nr_pending is stable. */
-			if (local_read(&ctx->nr_pending) ||
-			    local_read(&next_ctx->nr_pending)) {
+			/* PMIs are disabled; ctx->nr_no_switch_fast is stable. */
+			if (local_read(&ctx->nr_no_switch_fast) ||
+			    local_read(&next_ctx->nr_no_switch_fast)) {
 				/*
 				 * Must not swap out ctx when there's pending
 				 * events that rely on the ctx->task relation.
@@ -5204,7 +5204,7 @@ static void perf_pending_task_sync(struct perf_event *event)
 	 */
 	if (task_work_cancel(current, head)) {
 		event->pending_work = 0;
-		local_dec(&event->ctx->nr_pending);
+		local_dec(&event->ctx->nr_no_switch_fast);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -6868,7 +6868,7 @@ static void perf_pending_task(struct callback_head *head)
 	if (event->pending_work) {
 		event->pending_work = 0;
 		perf_sigtrap(event);
-		local_dec(&event->ctx->nr_pending);
+		local_dec(&event->ctx->nr_no_switch_fast);
 		rcuwait_wake_up(&event->pending_work_wait);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -9740,7 +9740,7 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
 		if (!event->pending_work &&
 		    !task_work_add(current, &event->pending_task, notify_mode)) {
 			event->pending_work = pending_id;
-			local_inc(&event->ctx->nr_pending);
+			local_inc(&event->ctx->nr_no_switch_fast);
 
 			event->pending_addr = 0;
 			if (valid_sample && (data->sample_flags & PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR))