diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 26b804a94c..0520395bd3 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -701,19 +701,19 @@ bool TryCreateDirectory(const boost::filesystem::path& p)
     return false;
 }
 
-void FileCommit(FILE *fileout)
+void FileCommit(FILE *file)
 {
-    fflush(fileout); // harmless if redundantly called
+    fflush(file); // harmless if redundantly called
 #ifdef WIN32
-    HANDLE hFile = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(_fileno(fileout));
+    HANDLE hFile = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(_fileno(file));
     FlushFileBuffers(hFile);
 #else
     #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
-    fdatasync(fileno(fileout));
+    fdatasync(fileno(file));
     #elif defined(__APPLE__) && defined(F_FULLFSYNC)
-    fcntl(fileno(fileout), F_FULLFSYNC, 0);
+    fcntl(fileno(file), F_FULLFSYNC, 0);
     #else
-    fsync(fileno(fileout));
+    fsync(fileno(file));
     #endif
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index d02846ff63..a61e2797b5 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ bool error(const char* fmt, const Args&... args)
 
 void PrintExceptionContinue(const std::exception *pex, const char* pszThread);
 void ParseParameters(int argc, const char*const argv[]);
-void FileCommit(FILE *fileout);
+void FileCommit(FILE *file);
 bool TruncateFile(FILE *file, unsigned int length);
 int RaiseFileDescriptorLimit(int nMinFD);
 void AllocateFileRange(FILE *file, unsigned int offset, unsigned int length);