diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/Makefile b/kernel/cgroup/Makefile
index bfcdae896122..8d5689ca94b9 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 obj-y := cgroup.o rstat.o namespace.o cgroup-v1.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER) += freezer.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER) += legacy_freezer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_PIDS) += pids.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_RDMA) += rdma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPUSETS) += cpuset.o
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup/legacy_freezer.c
similarity index 100%
rename from kernel/cgroup/freezer.c
rename to kernel/cgroup/legacy_freezer.c