diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs
index 0bc3e28581f2..88ac0d1a5da4 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@ config SOC_VIRT
 	help
 	  This enables support for QEMU Virt Machine.
 
-config SOC_KENDRYTE
-	bool "Kendryte K210 SoC"
+config SOC_CANAAN
+	bool "Canaan Kendryte K210 SoC"
 	depends on !MMU
 	select CLINT_TIMER if RISCV_M_MODE
 	select SERIAL_SIFIVE if TTY
 	select SERIAL_SIFIVE_CONSOLE if TTY
 	select SIFIVE_PLIC
 	help
-	  This enables support for Kendryte K210 SoC platform hardware.
+	  This enables support for Canaan Kendryte K210 SoC platform hardware.
 
-if SOC_KENDRYTE
+if SOC_CANAAN
 
-config SOC_KENDRYTE_K210_DTB_BUILTIN
-	bool "Builtin device tree for the Kendryte K210"
-	depends on SOC_KENDRYTE
+config SOC_CANAAN_K210_DTB_BUILTIN
+	bool "Builtin device tree for the Canaan Kendryte K210"
+	depends on SOC_CANAAN
 	default y
 	select OF
 	select BUILTIN_DTB
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ config SOC_KENDRYTE_K210_DTB_BUILTIN
 	  This option should be selected if no bootloader is being used.
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
-config SOC_KENDRYTE_K210_DTB_SOURCE
-	string "Source file for the Kendryte K210 builtin DTB"
-	depends on SOC_KENDRYTE
-	depends on SOC_KENDRYTE_K210_DTB_BUILTIN
+config SOC_CANAAN_K210_DTB_SOURCE
+	string "Source file for the Canaan Kendryte K210 builtin DTB"
+	depends on SOC_CANAAN
+	depends on SOC_CANAAN_K210_DTB_BUILTIN
 	default "k210"
 	help
-	  Base name (without suffix, relative to arch/riscv/boot/dts/kendryte)
+	  Base name (without suffix, relative to arch/riscv/boot/dts/canaan)
 	  for the DTS file that will be used to produce the DTB linked into the
 	  kernel.
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
index 0289a97325d1..cd08dc40e8d8 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ PHONY += vdso_install
 vdso_install:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/riscv/kernel/vdso $@
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE)$(CONFIG_SOC_KENDRYTE),yy)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE)$(CONFIG_SOC_CANAAN),yy)
 KBUILD_IMAGE := $(boot)/loader.bin
 else
 KBUILD_IMAGE := $(boot)/Image.gz
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/Makefile
index 21e3905f1c44..4da40691c55b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 subdir-y += sifive
-subdir-$(CONFIG_SOC_KENDRYTE) += kendryte
+subdir-$(CONFIG_SOC_CANAAN) += canaan
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB) := $(addsuffix /, $(subdir-y))
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/canaan/Makefile b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/canaan/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ee7156c0c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/canaan/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_SOC_CANAAN_K210_DTB_SOURCE),"")
+dtb-y += $(strip $(shell echo $(CONFIG_SOC_CANAAN_K210_DTB_SOURCE))).dtb
+obj-$(CONFIG_SOC_CANAAN_K210_DTB_BUILTIN) += $(addsuffix .o, $(dtb-y))
+endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/kendryte/k210.dts b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/canaan/k210.dts
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/riscv/boot/dts/kendryte/k210.dts
rename to arch/riscv/boot/dts/canaan/k210.dts
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/kendryte/k210.dtsi b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/canaan/k210.dtsi
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/riscv/boot/dts/kendryte/k210.dtsi
rename to arch/riscv/boot/dts/canaan/k210.dtsi
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/kendryte/Makefile b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/kendryte/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 83636693166d..000000000000
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/kendryte/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_SOC_KENDRYTE_K210_DTB_SOURCE),"")
-dtb-y += $(strip $(shell echo $(CONFIG_SOC_KENDRYTE_K210_DTB_SOURCE))).dtb
-obj-$(CONFIG_SOC_KENDRYTE_K210_DTB_BUILTIN) += $(addsuffix .o, $(dtb-y))
-endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/configs/nommu_k210_defconfig b/arch/riscv/configs/nommu_k210_defconfig
index cd1df62b13c7..368a28cf1467 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/configs/nommu_k210_defconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/configs/nommu_k210_defconfig
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_SLOB=y
 # CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT is not set
 # CONFIG_MMU is not set
-CONFIG_SOC_KENDRYTE=y
+CONFIG_SOC_CANAAN=y
 CONFIG_MAXPHYSMEM_2GB=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
diff --git a/drivers/soc/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/Kconfig
index 425ab6f7e375..f43886fec32b 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/soc/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ source "drivers/soc/amlogic/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/soc/aspeed/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/soc/atmel/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/soc/bcm/Kconfig"
+source "drivers/soc/canaan/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/soc/fsl/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/soc/imx/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/soc/ixp4xx/Kconfig"
@@ -22,6 +23,5 @@ source "drivers/soc/ux500/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/soc/versatile/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/soc/xilinx/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/soc/zte/Kconfig"
-source "drivers/soc/kendryte/Kconfig"
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/soc/Makefile b/drivers/soc/Makefile
index 36452bed86ef..dec90fca120b 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/soc/Makefile
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_U8500)	+= ux500/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PLAT_VERSATILE)	+= versatile/
 obj-y				+= xilinx/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_ZX)		+= zte/
-obj-$(CONFIG_SOC_KENDRYTE)	+= kendryte/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SOC_CANAAN)	+= canaan/
diff --git a/drivers/soc/kendryte/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/canaan/Kconfig
similarity index 79%
rename from drivers/soc/kendryte/Kconfig
rename to drivers/soc/canaan/Kconfig
index 49785b1b0217..5232d13f07e5 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/kendryte/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/soc/canaan/Kconfig
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-if SOC_KENDRYTE
+if SOC_CANAAN
 
 config K210_SYSCTL
-	bool "Kendryte K210 system controller"
+	bool "Canaan Kendryte K210 SoC system controller"
 	default y
 	depends on RISCV
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/soc/kendryte/Makefile b/drivers/soc/canaan/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/soc/kendryte/Makefile
rename to drivers/soc/canaan/Makefile
diff --git a/drivers/soc/kendryte/k210-sysctl.c b/drivers/soc/canaan/k210-sysctl.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/soc/kendryte/k210-sysctl.c
rename to drivers/soc/canaan/k210-sysctl.c
