diff --git a/lib/cmdlib.py b/lib/cmdlib.py
index d598a63658122862a10e6e35eaa6da6e8ad161a4..e68974b5a21a2e38b183d63cd902ae05b28c6987 100644
--- a/lib/cmdlib.py
+++ b/lib/cmdlib.py
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ def _ComputeIPolicyInstanceViolation(ipolicy, instance,
   """
   mem_size = instance.beparams.get(constants.BE_MAXMEM, None)
   cpu_count = instance.beparams.get(constants.BE_VCPUS, None)
-  spindle_use = instance.beparams.get(constants.BE_SPINDLE_USAGE, None)
+  spindle_use = instance.beparams.get(constants.BE_SPINDLE_USE, None)
   disk_count = len(instance.disks)
   disk_sizes = [disk.size for disk in instance.disks]
   nic_count = len(instance.nics)
@@ -9352,7 +9352,7 @@ class LUInstanceCreate(LogicalUnit):
                      os=self.op.os_type,
                      vcpus=self.be_full[constants.BE_VCPUS],
                      memory=self.be_full[constants.BE_MAXMEM],
-                     spindle_usage=self.be_full[constants.BE_SPINDLE_USAGE],
+                     spindle_use=self.be_full[constants.BE_SPINDLE_USE],
                      disks=self.disks,
                      nics=nics,
                      hypervisor=self.op.hypervisor,
@@ -9848,7 +9848,7 @@ class LUInstanceCreate(LogicalUnit):
     nodenames = [pnode.name] + self.secondaries
 
     # Verify instance specs
-    spindle_use = self.be_full.get(constants.BE_SPINDLE_USAGE, None)
+    spindle_use = self.be_full.get(constants.BE_SPINDLE_USE, None)
     ispec = {
       constants.ISPEC_MEM_SIZE: self.be_full.get(constants.BE_MAXMEM, None),
       constants.ISPEC_CPU_COUNT: self.be_full.get(constants.BE_VCPUS, None),
@@ -14516,7 +14516,7 @@ class IAllocator(object):
     self.in_text = self.out_text = self.in_data = self.out_data = None
     # init all input fields so that pylint is happy
     self.mode = mode
-    self.memory = self.disks = self.disk_template = self.spindle_usage = None
+    self.memory = self.disks = self.disk_template = self.spindle_use = None
     self.os = self.tags = self.nics = self.vcpus = None
     self.hypervisor = None
     self.relocate_from = None
@@ -14722,7 +14722,7 @@ class IAllocator(object):
         "admin_state": iinfo.admin_state,
         "vcpus": beinfo[constants.BE_VCPUS],
         "memory": beinfo[constants.BE_MAXMEM],
-        "spindle_usage": beinfo[constants.BE_SPINDLE_USAGE],
+        "spindle_use": beinfo[constants.BE_SPINDLE_USE],
         "os": iinfo.os,
         "nodes": [iinfo.primary_node] + list(iinfo.secondary_nodes),
         "nics": nic_data,
@@ -14762,7 +14762,7 @@ class IAllocator(object):
       "os": self.os,
       "vcpus": self.vcpus,
       "memory": self.memory,
-      "spindle_usage": self.spindle_usage,
+      "spindle_use": self.spindle_use,
       "disks": self.disks,
       "disk_space_total": disk_space,
       "nics": self.nics,
@@ -14876,7 +14876,7 @@ class IAllocator(object):
        [
         ("name", ht.TString),
         ("memory", ht.TInt),
-        ("spindle_usage", ht.TInt),
+        ("spindle_use", ht.TInt),
         ("disks", ht.TListOf(ht.TDict)),
         ("disk_template", ht.TString),
         ("os", ht.TString),
diff --git a/lib/constants.py b/lib/constants.py
index 63bceab7d6dd1d497ee5660ccf508c6c1d488907..1a20c22a3c5a362357fa43c93806e839f4a5c454 100644
--- a/lib/constants.py
+++ b/lib/constants.py
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ BE_MINMEM = "minmem"
 BE_VCPUS = "vcpus"
 BE_AUTO_BALANCE = "auto_balance"
 BE_ALWAYS_FAILOVER = "always_failover"
-BE_SPINDLE_USAGE = "spindle_usage"
+BE_SPINDLE_USE = "spindle_use"
 
 BES_PARAMETER_TYPES = {
   BE_MAXMEM: VTYPE_SIZE,
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ BES_PARAMETER_TYPES = {
   BE_VCPUS: VTYPE_INT,
   BE_AUTO_BALANCE: VTYPE_BOOL,
   BE_ALWAYS_FAILOVER: VTYPE_BOOL,
-  BE_SPINDLE_USAGE: VTYPE_INT,
+  BE_SPINDLE_USE: VTYPE_INT,
   }
 
 BES_PARAMETER_COMPAT = {
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@ BEC_DEFAULTS = {
   BE_VCPUS: 1,
   BE_AUTO_BALANCE: True,
   BE_ALWAYS_FAILOVER: False,
-  BE_SPINDLE_USAGE: 1,
+  BE_SPINDLE_USE: 1,
   }
 
 NDC_DEFAULTS = {
diff --git a/test/ganeti.cmdlib_unittest.py b/test/ganeti.cmdlib_unittest.py
index 9b7efd64faffd700ab28fe6f8121c46f2360a4a8..1f3eb5cdbcbbbf4332f4c8bbaa2d993a377d3c69 100755
--- a/test/ganeti.cmdlib_unittest.py
+++ b/test/ganeti.cmdlib_unittest.py
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ class TestComputeIPolicyInstanceViolation(unittest.TestCase):
     beparams = {
       constants.BE_MAXMEM: 2048,
       constants.BE_VCPUS: 2,
-      constants.BE_SPINDLE_USAGE: 4,
+      constants.BE_SPINDLE_USE: 4,
       }
     disks = [objects.Disk(size=512)]
     instance = objects.Instance(beparams=beparams, disks=disks, nics=[])