diff --git a/flink-contrib/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/contrib/streaming/state/RocksDBStateBackend.java b/flink-contrib/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/contrib/streaming/state/RocksDBStateBackend.java
index 72a4c58cea1e2da7e7d3dd17f975268a574979c0..e3b4f4d2eccca5aa634d569f8fe89a8e5fdc5a04 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/contrib/streaming/state/RocksDBStateBackend.java
+++ b/flink-contrib/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/contrib/streaming/state/RocksDBStateBackend.java
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ public class RocksDBStateBackend extends AbstractStateBackend {
 	// DB storage directories
 	
 	/** Base paths for RocksDB directory, as configured. May be null. */
-	private Path[] dbBasePaths;
+	private Path[] configuredDbBasePaths;
 
 	/** Base paths for RocksDB directory, as initialized */
-	private File[] dbStorageDirectories;
+	private File[] initializedDbBasePaths;
 	
 	private int nextDirectory;
 	
@@ -171,15 +171,15 @@ public class RocksDBStateBackend extends AbstractStateBackend {
 		this.jobId = env.getJobID();
 		
 		// initialize the paths where the local RocksDB files should be stored
-		if (dbBasePaths == null) {
+		if (configuredDbBasePaths == null) {
 			// initialize from the temp directories
-			dbStorageDirectories = env.getIOManager().getSpillingDirectories();
+			initializedDbBasePaths = env.getIOManager().getSpillingDirectories();
 		}
 		else {
-			List<File> dirs = new ArrayList<>(dbBasePaths.length);
+			List<File> dirs = new ArrayList<>(configuredDbBasePaths.length);
 			String errorMessage = "";
 			
-			for (Path path : dbBasePaths) {
+			for (Path path : configuredDbBasePaths) {
 				File f = new File(path.toUri().getPath());
 				if (!f.exists() && !f.mkdirs()) {
 					String msg = "Local DB files directory '" + f.getAbsolutePath()
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ public class RocksDBStateBackend extends AbstractStateBackend {
 			if (dirs.isEmpty()) {
 				throw new Exception("No local storage directories available. " + errorMessage);
 			} else {
-				dbStorageDirectories = dirs.toArray(new File[dirs.size()]);
+				initializedDbBasePaths = dirs.toArray(new File[dirs.size()]);
 			}
 		}
 		
-		nextDirectory = new Random().nextInt(dbStorageDirectories.length);
+		nextDirectory = new Random().nextInt(initializedDbBasePaths.length);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -225,15 +225,15 @@ public class RocksDBStateBackend extends AbstractStateBackend {
 	}
 	
 	File[] getStoragePaths() {
-		return dbStorageDirectories;
+		return initializedDbBasePaths;
 	}
 	
 	File getNextStoragePath() {
 		int ni = nextDirectory + 1;
-		ni = ni >= dbStorageDirectories.length ? 0 : ni;
+		ni = ni >= initializedDbBasePaths.length ? 0 : ni;
 		nextDirectory = ni;
 		
-		return dbStorageDirectories[ni];
+		return initializedDbBasePaths[ni];
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public class RocksDBStateBackend extends AbstractStateBackend {
 	 */
 	public void setDbStoragePaths(String... paths) {
 		if (paths == null) {
-			dbBasePaths = null;
+			configuredDbBasePaths = null;
 		} 
 		else if (paths.length == 0) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("empty paths");
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ public class RocksDBStateBackend extends AbstractStateBackend {
 				}
 			}
 			
-			dbBasePaths = pp;
+			configuredDbBasePaths = pp;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -359,12 +359,12 @@ public class RocksDBStateBackend extends AbstractStateBackend {
 	 * @return The configured DB storage paths, or null, if none were configured. 
 	 */
 	public String[] getDbStoragePaths() {
-		if (dbBasePaths == null) {
+		if (configuredDbBasePaths == null) {
 			return null;
 		} else {
-			String[] paths = new String[dbBasePaths.length];
+			String[] paths = new String[configuredDbBasePaths.length];
 			for (int i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
-				paths[i] = dbBasePaths[i].toString();
+				paths[i] = configuredDbBasePaths[i].toString();
 			}
 			return paths;
 		}