diff --git a/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h b/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h
index 5c43224ab..a319c631f 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h
+++ b/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 
-static constexpr const char* CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME = "cgroup2";
+static constexpr const char* CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME = "cgroup2";
+[[deprecated]] static constexpr const char* CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME = "cgroup2";
 
 bool CgroupsAvailable();
 bool CgroupGetControllerPath(const std::string& cgroup_name, std::string* path);
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
index 3fa43f8ad..0b1794eb8 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static std::string ConvertUidPidToPath(const char* cgroup, uid_t uid, int pid) {
     return StringPrintf("%s/uid_%u/pid_%d", cgroup, uid, pid);
 }
 
-static int RemoveProcessGroup(const char* cgroup, uid_t uid, int pid, unsigned int retries) {
+static int RemoveCgroup(const char* cgroup, uid_t uid, int pid, unsigned int retries) {
     int ret = 0;
     auto uid_pid_path = ConvertUidPidToPath(cgroup, uid, pid);
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static int RemoveProcessGroup(const char* cgroup, uid_t uid, int pid, unsigned i
     return ret;
 }
 
-static bool RemoveUidProcessGroups(const std::string& uid_path, bool empty_only) {
+static bool RemoveUidCgroups(const std::string& uid_path, bool empty_only) {
     std::unique_ptr<DIR, decltype(&closedir)> uid(opendir(uid_path.c_str()), closedir);
     bool empty = true;
     if (uid != NULL) {
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ void removeAllProcessGroupsInternal(bool empty_only) {
     std::vector<std::string> cgroups;
     std::string path, memcg_apps_path;
 
-    if (CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME, &path)) {
+    if (CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME, &path)) {
         cgroups.push_back(path);
     }
     if (CgroupGetMemcgAppsPath(&memcg_apps_path) && memcg_apps_path != path) {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void removeAllProcessGroupsInternal(bool empty_only) {
                 }
 
                 auto path = StringPrintf("%s/%s", cgroup_root_path.c_str(), dir->d_name);
-                if (!RemoveUidProcessGroups(path, empty_only)) {
+                if (!RemoveUidCgroups(path, empty_only)) {
                     LOG(VERBOSE) << "Skip removing " << path;
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static int KillProcessGroup(uid_t uid, int initialPid, int signal, int retries)
 
     std::string hierarchy_root_path;
     if (CgroupsAvailable()) {
-        CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME, &hierarchy_root_path);
+        CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME, &hierarchy_root_path);
     }
     const char* cgroup = hierarchy_root_path.c_str();
 
@@ -511,12 +511,12 @@ static int KillProcessGroup(uid_t uid, int initialPid, int signal, int retries)
         }
 
         // 400 retries correspond to 2 secs max timeout
-        int err = RemoveProcessGroup(cgroup, uid, initialPid, 400);
+        int err = RemoveCgroup(cgroup, uid, initialPid, 400);
 
         if (isMemoryCgroupSupported() && UsePerAppMemcg()) {
             std::string memcg_apps_path;
             if (CgroupGetMemcgAppsPath(&memcg_apps_path) &&
-                RemoveProcessGroup(memcg_apps_path.c_str(), uid, initialPid, 400) < 0) {
+                RemoveCgroup(memcg_apps_path.c_str(), uid, initialPid, 400) < 0) {
                 return -1;
             }
         }
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ int killProcessGroupOnce(uid_t uid, int initialPid, int signal) {
 int sendSignalToProcessGroup(uid_t uid, int initialPid, int signal) {
     std::string hierarchy_root_path;
     if (CgroupsAvailable()) {
-        CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME, &hierarchy_root_path);
+        CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME, &hierarchy_root_path);
     }
     const char* cgroup = hierarchy_root_path.c_str();
     return DoKillProcessGroupOnce(cgroup, uid, initialPid, signal);
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ int createProcessGroup(uid_t uid, int initialPid, bool memControl) {
     }
 
     std::string cgroup;
-    CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME, &cgroup);
+    CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME, &cgroup);
     return createProcessGroupInternal(uid, initialPid, cgroup, true);
 }
 
@@ -664,4 +664,4 @@ bool isProfileValidForProcess(const std::string& profile_name, int uid, int pid)
     }
 
     return tp->IsValidForProcess(uid, pid);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/setup/cgroup_map_write.cpp b/libprocessgroup/setup/cgroup_map_write.cpp
index fbeedf99c..4e44c91be 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/setup/cgroup_map_write.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/setup/cgroup_map_write.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static bool ReadDescriptorsFromFile(const std::string& file_name,
     if (root.isMember("Cgroups2")) {
         const Json::Value& cgroups2 = root["Cgroups2"];
         std::string root_path = cgroups2["Path"].asString();
-        MergeCgroupToDescriptors(descriptors, cgroups2, CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME, "", 2);
+        MergeCgroupToDescriptors(descriptors, cgroups2, CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME, "", 2);
 
         const Json::Value& childGroups = cgroups2["Controllers"];
         for (Json::Value::ArrayIndex i = 0; i < childGroups.size(); ++i) {
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static bool SetupCgroup(const CgroupDescriptor& descriptor) {
     const format::CgroupController* controller = descriptor.controller();
 
     if (controller->version() == 2) {
-        if (!strcmp(controller->name(), CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME)) {
+        if (!strcmp(controller->name(), CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME)) {
             return MountV2CgroupController(descriptor);
         } else {
             return ActivateV2CgroupController(descriptor);
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/task_profiles_test.cpp b/libprocessgroup/task_profiles_test.cpp
index 99d819a7c..b17e695e5 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/task_profiles_test.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/task_profiles_test.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class ProfileAttributeMock : public IProfileAttribute {
     }
     bool GetPathForTask(int tid, std::string* path) const override {
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
-        CHECK(CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_CONTROLLER_NAME, path));
+        CHECK(CgroupGetControllerPath(CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME, path));
         CHECK_GT(path->length(), 0);
         if (path->rbegin()[0] != '/') {
             *path += "/";