diff --git a/src/conf/virnetworkobj.c b/src/conf/virnetworkobj.c
index d1636bcc1bc8bd66219fea8d1bd08bf118603a54..d1274da969d9af176448bedd7332d8aeb93e6b57 100644
--- a/src/conf/virnetworkobj.c
+++ b/src/conf/virnetworkobj.c
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ struct virNetworkObjListGetHelperData {
     virConnectPtr conn;
     virNetworkObjListFilter filter;
     char **names;
-    int nnames;
+    int maxnames;
     bool active;
     int got;
     bool error;
@@ -1437,8 +1437,8 @@ virNetworkObjListGetHelper(void *payload,
     if (data->error)
         return 0;
 
-    if (data->nnames >= 0 &&
-        data->got == data->nnames)
+    if (data->maxnames >= 0 &&
+        data->got == data->maxnames)
         return 0;
 
     virObjectLock(obj);
@@ -1467,14 +1467,14 @@ int
 virNetworkObjListGetNames(virNetworkObjListPtr nets,
                           bool active,
                           char **names,
-                          int nnames,
+                          int maxnames,
                           virNetworkObjListFilter filter,
                           virConnectPtr conn)
 {
     int ret = -1;
 
     struct virNetworkObjListGetHelperData data = {
-        conn, filter, names, nnames, active, 0, false};
+        conn, filter, names, maxnames, active, 0, false};
 
     virObjectLock(nets);
     virHashForEach(nets->objs, virNetworkObjListGetHelper, &data);
diff --git a/src/conf/virnetworkobj.h b/src/conf/virnetworkobj.h
index 0a8cc24a2afdd7ca3f5277b026be99ee60fc7f42..0bed97c99325c0bf71964b30c6d1e6d2b46774f7 100644
--- a/src/conf/virnetworkobj.h
+++ b/src/conf/virnetworkobj.h
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ int
 virNetworkObjListGetNames(virNetworkObjListPtr nets,
                           bool active,
                           char **names,
-                          int nnames,
+                          int maxnames,
                           virNetworkObjListFilter filter,
                           virConnectPtr conn);
 
diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
index b59de78ea5a0a3f85da832e51141849333612775..74ce92e434b5dd0bc2a6eb7e5f13530a3718cd62 100644
--- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c
+++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
@@ -2946,7 +2946,7 @@ networkConnectNumOfNetworks(virConnectPtr conn)
 static int
 networkConnectListNetworks(virConnectPtr conn,
                            char **const names,
-                           int nnames)
+                           int maxnames)
 {
     virNetworkDriverStatePtr driver = networkGetDriver();
     int got = 0;
@@ -2955,7 +2955,7 @@ networkConnectListNetworks(virConnectPtr conn,
         return -1;
 
     got = virNetworkObjListGetNames(driver->networks,
-                                    true, names, nnames,
+                                    true, names, maxnames,
                                     virConnectListNetworksCheckACL,
                                     conn);
 
@@ -2984,7 +2984,7 @@ networkConnectNumOfDefinedNetworks(virConnectPtr conn)
 static int
 networkConnectListDefinedNetworks(virConnectPtr conn,
                                   char **const names,
-                                  int nnames)
+                                  int maxnames)
 {
     virNetworkDriverStatePtr driver = networkGetDriver();
     int got = 0;
@@ -2993,7 +2993,7 @@ networkConnectListDefinedNetworks(virConnectPtr conn,
         return -1;
 
     got = virNetworkObjListGetNames(driver->networks,
-                                    false, names, nnames,
+                                    false, names, maxnames,
                                     virConnectListDefinedNetworksCheckACL,
                                     conn);
     return got;
diff --git a/src/test/test_driver.c b/src/test/test_driver.c
index 284d49ef17bce4d288496aeaeb594d51fd68c61a..aa38f54dd9938db1b6c3d73fac9bd585827962f7 100644
--- a/src/test/test_driver.c
+++ b/src/test/test_driver.c
@@ -3299,13 +3299,13 @@ testConnectNumOfNetworks(virConnectPtr conn)
 static int
 testConnectListNetworks(virConnectPtr conn,
                         char **const names,
-                        int nnames)
+                        int maxnames)
 {
     testDriverPtr privconn = conn->privateData;
     int n;
 
     n = virNetworkObjListGetNames(privconn->networks,
-                                  true, names, nnames, NULL, conn);
+                                  true, names, maxnames, NULL, conn);
     return n;
 }
 
@@ -3325,13 +3325,13 @@ testConnectNumOfDefinedNetworks(virConnectPtr conn)
 static int
 testConnectListDefinedNetworks(virConnectPtr conn,
                                char **const names,
-                               int nnames)
+                               int maxnames)
 {
     testDriverPtr privconn = conn->privateData;
     int n;
 
     n = virNetworkObjListGetNames(privconn->networks,
-                                  false, names, nnames, NULL, conn);
+                                  false, names, maxnames, NULL, conn);
     return n;
 }