diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 493b468..c86edd2 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@
 		__WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(congestion_wqh[1])
 	};
 
-
 void clear_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync)
 {
 	enum bdi_state bit;
@@ -308,18 +307,18 @@
 
 /**
  * congestion_wait - wait for a backing_dev to become uncongested
- * @rw: READ or WRITE
+ * @sync: SYNC or ASYNC IO
  * @timeout: timeout in jiffies
  *
  * Waits for up to @timeout jiffies for a backing_dev (any backing_dev) to exit
  * write congestion.  If no backing_devs are congested then just wait for the
  * next write to be completed.
  */
-long congestion_wait(int rw, long timeout)
+long congestion_wait(int sync, long timeout)
 {
 	long ret;
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
-	wait_queue_head_t *wqh = &congestion_wqh[rw];
+	wait_queue_head_t *wqh = &congestion_wqh[sync];
 
 	prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 	ret = io_schedule_timeout(timeout);