diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 350878a2d848cf2efe561449ac7d9ccece15630b..9cd0d0eaf5239a3276aecb6b2a83e7f399acda27 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 #define PG_active		 6
 #define PG_slab			 7	/* slab debug (Suparna wants this) */
 
-#define PG_checked		 8	/* kill me in 2.5.<early>. */
+#define PG_owner_priv_1		 8	/* Owner use. If pagecache, fs may use*/
 #define PG_arch_1		 9
 #define PG_reserved		10
 #define PG_private		11	/* If pagecache, has fs-private data */
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
 #define PG_nosave_free		18	/* Used for system suspend/resume */
 #define PG_buddy		19	/* Page is free, on buddy lists */
 
+/* PG_owner_priv_1 users should have descriptive aliases */
+#define PG_checked		PG_owner_priv_1 /* Used by some filesystems */
 
 #if (BITS_PER_LONG > 32)
 /*
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 41737395bbcc16625ef11b071278ed6073c4055f..353ce9039a86f477ac13897bb76ab522c718ab87 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int prep_new_page(struct page *page, int order, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 
 	page->flags &= ~(1 << PG_uptodate | 1 << PG_error |
 			1 << PG_referenced | 1 << PG_arch_1 |
-			1 << PG_checked | 1 << PG_mappedtodisk);
+			1 << PG_owner_priv_1 | 1 << PG_mappedtodisk);
 	set_page_private(page, 0);
 	set_page_refcounted(page);