diff --git a/pkg/syncevent/waiter_amd64.s b/pkg/syncevent/waiter_amd64.s
index 985b56ae5..5e216b045 100644
--- a/pkg/syncevent/waiter_amd64.s
+++ b/pkg/syncevent/waiter_amd64.s
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
 // See waiter_noasm_unsafe.go for a description of waiterUnlock.
 //
-// func waiterUnlock(g unsafe.Pointer, wg *unsafe.Pointer) bool
+// func waiterUnlock(ptr unsafe.Pointer, wg *unsafe.Pointer) bool
 TEXT ·waiterUnlock(SB),NOSPLIT,$0-24
-	MOVQ g+0(FP), DI
+	MOVQ ptr+0(FP), DI
 	MOVQ wg+8(FP), SI
 
 	MOVQ $·preparingG(SB), AX
diff --git a/pkg/syncevent/waiter_arm64.s b/pkg/syncevent/waiter_arm64.s
index 20d7ac23b..f4c06f194 100644
--- a/pkg/syncevent/waiter_arm64.s
+++ b/pkg/syncevent/waiter_arm64.s
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 // See waiter_noasm_unsafe.go for a description of waiterUnlock.
 //
-// func waiterUnlock(g unsafe.Pointer, wg *unsafe.Pointer) bool
+// func waiterUnlock(ptr unsafe.Pointer, wg *unsafe.Pointer) bool
 TEXT ·waiterUnlock(SB),NOSPLIT,$0-24
 	MOVD wg+8(FP), R0
 	MOVD $·preparingG(SB), R1
-	MOVD g+0(FP), R2
+	MOVD ptr+0(FP), R2
 again:
 	LDAXR (R0), R3
 	CMP R1, R3
diff --git a/pkg/syncevent/waiter_asm_unsafe.go b/pkg/syncevent/waiter_asm_unsafe.go
index 0995e9053..19d6b0b15 100644
--- a/pkg/syncevent/waiter_asm_unsafe.go
+++ b/pkg/syncevent/waiter_asm_unsafe.go
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ import (
 )
 
 // See waiter_noasm_unsafe.go for a description of waiterUnlock.
-func waiterUnlock(g unsafe.Pointer, wg *unsafe.Pointer) bool
+func waiterUnlock(ptr unsafe.Pointer, wg *unsafe.Pointer) bool
diff --git a/pkg/syncevent/waiter_noasm_unsafe.go b/pkg/syncevent/waiter_noasm_unsafe.go
index 1c4b0e39a..0f74a689c 100644
--- a/pkg/syncevent/waiter_noasm_unsafe.go
+++ b/pkg/syncevent/waiter_noasm_unsafe.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ import (
 // should be aborted.
 //
 //go:nosplit
-func waiterUnlock(g unsafe.Pointer, wg *unsafe.Pointer) bool {
+func waiterUnlock(ptr unsafe.Pointer, wg *unsafe.Pointer) bool {
 	// The only way this CAS can fail is if a call to Waiter.NotifyPending()
 	// has replaced *wg with nil, in which case we should not sleep.
-	return atomic.CompareAndSwapPointer(wg, (unsafe.Pointer)(&preparingG), g)
+	return atomic.CompareAndSwapPointer(wg, (unsafe.Pointer)(&preparingG), ptr)
 }