diff --git a/avocado/utils/asset.py b/avocado/utils/asset.py
index 35267c408c2c85ed58df79ace4af26cb3753afc3..fd692fd59624bc67c5b84a852b91823a9045bd23 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/asset.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/asset.py
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ class Asset(object):
         if not os.path.isfile(self.hashfile):
             self._compute_hash()
 
-        with open(self.hashfile, 'r') as asset_file:
-            for line in asset_file:
+        with open(self.hashfile, 'r') as hash_file:
+            for line in hash_file:
                 # md5 is 32 chars big and sha512 is 128 chars big.
                 # others supported algorithms are between those.
                 pattern = '%s [a-f0-9]{32,128}' % self.algorithm