diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/Makefile
index b78204a65ce2..c6b484dad711 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endif
 tilcdc-y := \
 	tilcdc_plane.o \
 	tilcdc_crtc.o \
-	tilcdc_external.o \
+	tilcdc_encoder.o \
 	tilcdc_drv.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_TILCDC)	+= tilcdc.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c
index 4b9fa819358a..d0503778b5f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 
 #include "tilcdc_drv.h"
-#include "tilcdc_external.h"
+#include "tilcdc_encoder.h"
 #include "tilcdc_regs.h"
 
 enum tilcdc_variant {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_external.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_encoder.c
similarity index 98%
rename from drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_external.c
rename to drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_encoder.c
index 11ac9673ba98..b1c7b2257df3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_external.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_encoder.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h>
 
 #include "tilcdc_drv.h"
-#include "tilcdc_external.h"
+#include "tilcdc_encoder.h"
 
 static
 struct drm_connector *tilcdc_encoder_find_connector(struct drm_device *ddev,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_external.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_encoder.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_external.h
rename to drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_encoder.h