diff --git a/beater/api/config/agent/handler.go b/beater/api/config/agent/handler.go
index ecf8ff8610e..0cea807611b 100644
--- a/beater/api/config/agent/handler.go
+++ b/beater/api/config/agent/handler.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func Handler(kbClient kibana.Client, config *config.AgentConfig) request.Handler
 		// error handling
 		c.Header().Set(headers.CacheControl, errCacheControl)
 
-		ok := c.IPRateLimiter == nil || c.IPRateLimiter.Allow()
+		ok := c.RateLimiter == nil || c.RateLimiter.Allow()
 		if !ok {
 			c.Result.SetDefault(request.IDResponseErrorsRateLimit)
 			c.Write()
diff --git a/beater/api/config/agent/handler_test.go b/beater/api/config/agent/handler_test.go
index 5e45120d796..f8e487f0a2f 100644
--- a/beater/api/config/agent/handler_test.go
+++ b/beater/api/config/agent/handler_test.go
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func TestAgentConfigRateLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := &request.Context{}
 	ctx.Reset(w, r)
 	ctx.IsRum = true
-	ctx.IPRateLimiter = rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(0), 0)
+	ctx.RateLimiter = rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(0), 0)
 	h(ctx)
 	var actual map[string]string
 	json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &actual)
diff --git a/beater/api/intake/handler.go b/beater/api/intake/handler.go
index 409467b820b..7e358e37a5a 100644
--- a/beater/api/intake/handler.go
+++ b/beater/api/intake/handler.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func Handler(dec decoder.ReqDecoder, processor *stream.Processor, report publish
 			return
 		}
 
-		ok := c.IPRateLimiter == nil || c.IPRateLimiter.Allow()
+		ok := c.RateLimiter == nil || c.RateLimiter.Allow()
 		if !ok {
 			sendError(c, &stream.Error{
 				Type: stream.RateLimitErrType, Message: "rate limit exceeded"})
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func Handler(dec decoder.ReqDecoder, processor *stream.Processor, report publish
 			sendResponse(c, &sr)
 			return
 		}
-		res := processor.HandleStream(c.Request.Context(), c.IPRateLimiter, reqMeta, reader, report)
+		res := processor.HandleStream(c.Request.Context(), c.RateLimiter, reqMeta, reader, report)
 
 		sendResponse(c, res)
 	}
diff --git a/beater/api/intake/handler_test.go b/beater/api/intake/handler_test.go
index 5c98eb6c15d..261b6191a6a 100644
--- a/beater/api/intake/handler_test.go
+++ b/beater/api/intake/handler_test.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func TestIntakeHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		tc.setup(t)
 
 		if tc.rateLimit != nil {
-			tc.c.IPRateLimiter = tc.rateLimit.ForIP(&http.Request{})
+			tc.c.RateLimiter = tc.rateLimit.ForIP(&http.Request{})
 		}
 		// call handler
 		h := Handler(tc.dec, tc.processor, tc.reporter)
diff --git a/beater/api/mux.go b/beater/api/mux.go
index 1ff562a4990..8bb8b33dbdb 100644
--- a/beater/api/mux.go
+++ b/beater/api/mux.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func backendMiddleware(cfg *config.Config, m map[request.ResultID]*monitoring.In
 func rumMiddleware(cfg *config.Config, m map[request.ResultID]*monitoring.Int) []middleware.Middleware {
 	return append(apmMiddleware(m),
 		middleware.SetRumFlagMiddleware(),
-		middleware.SetRateLimitMiddleware(cfg.RumConfig.EventRate),
+		middleware.SetIPRateLimitMiddleware(cfg.RumConfig.EventRate),
 		middleware.CORSMiddleware(cfg.RumConfig.AllowOrigins),
 		middleware.KillSwitchMiddleware(cfg.RumConfig.IsEnabled()))
 }
diff --git a/beater/middleware/rate_limit_middleware.go b/beater/middleware/rate_limit_middleware.go
index 870816b5696..5ef47cc1e54 100644
--- a/beater/middleware/rate_limit_middleware.go
+++ b/beater/middleware/rate_limit_middleware.go
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ import (
 
 const burstMultiplier = 3
 
-// SetRateLimitMiddleware sets a rate limiter
-func SetRateLimitMiddleware(cfg *config.EventRate) Middleware {
+// SetIPRateLimitMiddleware sets a rate limiter
+func SetIPRateLimitMiddleware(cfg *config.EventRate) Middleware {
 	store, err := ratelimit.NewStore(cfg.LruSize, cfg.Limit, burstMultiplier)
 
 	return func(h request.Handler) (request.Handler, error) {
 		return func(c *request.Context) {
-			c.IPRateLimiter = store.ForIP(c.Request)
+			c.RateLimiter = store.ForIP(c.Request)
 			h(c)
 		}, err
 	}
diff --git a/beater/request/context.go b/beater/request/context.go
index 265618487c1..f9cff1d1bb6 100644
--- a/beater/request/context.go
+++ b/beater/request/context.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 type Context struct {
 	Request       *http.Request
 	Logger        *logp.Logger
-	IPRateLimiter *rate.Limiter
+	RateLimiter   *rate.Limiter
 	TokenSet      bool
 	Authorized    bool
 	IsRum         bool
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (c *Context) Reset(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	c.TokenSet = false
 	c.Authorized = false
 	c.IsRum = false
-	c.IPRateLimiter = nil
+	c.RateLimiter = nil
 	c.Result.Reset()
 	c.w = w
 	c.writeAttempts = 0