diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 781521b7cf9e..b1abda70c2d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -424,16 +424,16 @@ config GOLDFISH
        def_bool y
        depends on X86_GOLDFISH
 
-config INTEL_RDT_A
-	bool "Intel Resource Director Technology Allocation support"
+config INTEL_RDT
+	bool "Intel Resource Director Technology support"
 	default n
 	depends on X86 && CPU_SUP_INTEL
 	select KERNFS
 	help
-	  Select to enable resource allocation which is a sub-feature of
-	  Intel Resource Director Technology(RDT). More information about
-	  RDT can be found in the Intel x86 Architecture Software
-	  Developer Manual.
+	  Select to enable resource allocation and monitoring which are
+	  sub-features of Intel Resource Director Technology(RDT). More
+	  information about RDT can be found in the Intel x86
+	  Architecture Software Developer Manual.
 
 	  Say N if unsure.
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_rdt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_rdt.h
index 597dc4995678..ae1efc3609d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_rdt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_rdt.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_INTEL_RDT_H
 #define _ASM_X86_INTEL_RDT_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_RDT_A
+#ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_RDT
 
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/kernfs.h>
@@ -282,5 +282,5 @@ static inline void intel_rdt_sched_in(void)
 
 static inline void intel_rdt_sched_in(void) {}
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_INTEL_RDT_A */
+#endif /* CONFIG_INTEL_RDT */
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_INTEL_RDT_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
index cdf82492b770..3622ca2b1555 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_CENTAUR)		+= centaur.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_TRANSMETA_32)	+= transmeta.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_UMC_32)		+= umc.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_RDT_A)	+= intel_rdt.o intel_rdt_rdtgroup.o intel_rdt_schemata.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_RDT)	+= intel_rdt.o intel_rdt_rdtgroup.o intel_rdt_schemata.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MCE)			+= mcheck/
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTRR)			+= mtrr/
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 8337e2db0bb2..20b2ff2f4fde 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 	/* cg_list protected by css_set_lock and tsk->alloc_lock: */
 	struct list_head		cg_list;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_RDT_A
+#ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_RDT
 	int				closid;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX