diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb
index c73058490246375197671017090e7021d2b75c8b..f721e912031f6042cf8dae1f738f5133236eafd5 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb
@@ -1011,8 +1011,8 @@ def retrieve_connection(spec_name) #:nodoc:
       # Returns true if a connection that's accessible to this class has
       # already been opened.
       def connected?(spec_name)
-        conn = retrieve_connection_pool(spec_name)
-        conn && conn.connected?
+        pool = retrieve_connection_pool(spec_name)
+        pool && pool.connected?
       end
 
       # Remove the connection for this class. This will close the active