diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h b/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h
index 85d95f6498..f63b88156d 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ struct cbfs_file {
 	/* length of file data */
 	uint32_t len;
 	uint32_t type;
-	uint32_t checksum;
+	uint32_t attributes_offset;
 	/* length of header incl. variable data */
 	uint32_t offset;
 	char filename[];
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.c b/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.c
index 793a9aa9ab..6e040bf847 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs_image.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ int cbfs_create_empty_entry(struct cbfs_file *entry,
 	memcpy(entry->magic, CBFS_FILE_MAGIC, sizeof(entry->magic));
 	entry->type = htonl(CBFS_COMPONENT_NULL);
 	entry->len = htonl(len);
-	entry->checksum = 0;  // TODO Build a checksum algorithm.
+	entry->attributes_offset = 0;
 	entry->offset = htonl(cbfs_calculate_file_header_size(name));
 	memset(entry->filename, 0, ntohl(entry->offset) - sizeof(*entry));
 	strcpy(entry->filename, name);
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/common.c b/util/cbfstool/common.c
index fffd096b76..d72db38ed4 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/common.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/common.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void cbfs_file_get_header(struct buffer *buf, struct cbfs_file *file)
 	bgets(buf, &file->magic, sizeof(file->magic));
 	file->len = xdr_be.get32(buf);
 	file->type = xdr_be.get32(buf);
-	file->checksum = xdr_be.get32(buf);
+	file->attributes_offset = xdr_be.get32(buf);
 	file->offset = xdr_be.get32(buf);
 }