diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 75f5256b6..1d472658c 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ const Token *CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::findleak(const Token *tokens)
 
 
 // Check for memory leaks for a function variable.
-void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::checkScope(const Token *Tok1, const std::string &varname, unsigned int varid, bool classmember, unsigned int sz)
+void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::checkScope(const Token *startTok, const std::string &varname, unsigned int varid, bool classmember, unsigned int sz)
 {
     std::list<const Token *> callstack;
 
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::checkScope(const Token *Tok1, const std::string
 
     const Token *result;
 
-    Token *tok = getcode(Tok1, callstack, varid, alloctype, dealloctype, classmember, sz);
+    Token *tok = getcode(startTok, callstack, varid, alloctype, dealloctype, classmember, sz);
     //tok->printOut((std::string("Checkmemoryleak: getcode result for: ") + varname).c_str());
 
     const bool use_addr = bool(Token::findsimplematch(tok, "&use") != nullptr);
diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
index d75d1c14a..ab7433b16 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
@@ -288,13 +288,13 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * Checking the variable varname
-     * @param Tok1 start token
+     * @param startTok start token
      * @param varname name of variable (for error messages)
      * @param varid variable id
      * @param classmember is the scope inside a class member function
      * @param sz size of type.. if the variable is a "int *" then sz should be "sizeof(int)"
      */
-    void checkScope(const Token *Tok1, const std::string &varname, unsigned int varid, bool classmember, unsigned int sz);
+    void checkScope(const Token *startTok, const std::string &varname, unsigned int varid, bool classmember, unsigned int sz);
 
 private:
     /** Report all possible errors (for the --errorlist) */