diff --git a/net/sched/act_mirred.c b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
index efc963ab995a..b28d49495de0 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_mirred.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_mirred.c
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 static LIST_HEAD(mirred_list);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mirred_list_lock);
 
-#define MIRRED_RECURSION_LIMIT    4
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, mirred_rec_level);
+#define MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT    4
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, mirred_nest_level);
 
 static bool tcf_mirred_is_act_redirect(int action)
 {
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int tcf_mirred_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 	struct sk_buff *skb2 = skb;
 	bool m_mac_header_xmit;
 	struct net_device *dev;
-	unsigned int rec_level;
+	unsigned int nest_level;
 	int retval, err = 0;
 	bool use_reinsert;
 	bool want_ingress;
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@ static int tcf_mirred_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 	int mac_len;
 	bool at_nh;
 
-	rec_level = __this_cpu_inc_return(mirred_rec_level);
-	if (unlikely(rec_level > MIRRED_RECURSION_LIMIT)) {
+	nest_level = __this_cpu_inc_return(mirred_nest_level);
+	if (unlikely(nest_level > MIRRED_NEST_LIMIT)) {
 		net_warn_ratelimited("Packet exceeded mirred recursion limit on dev %s\n",
 				     netdev_name(skb->dev));
-		__this_cpu_dec(mirred_rec_level);
+		__this_cpu_dec(mirred_nest_level);
 		return TC_ACT_SHOT;
 	}
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static int tcf_mirred_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 			err = tcf_mirred_forward(res->ingress, skb);
 			if (err)
 				tcf_action_inc_overlimit_qstats(&m->common);
-			__this_cpu_dec(mirred_rec_level);
+			__this_cpu_dec(mirred_nest_level);
 			return TC_ACT_CONSUMED;
 		}
 	}
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ out:
 		if (tcf_mirred_is_act_redirect(m_eaction))
 			retval = TC_ACT_SHOT;
 	}
-	__this_cpu_dec(mirred_rec_level);
+	__this_cpu_dec(mirred_nest_level);
 
 	return retval;
 }