diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
index 3428a0bd5550..04bd34c8c506 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ static void ilo_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 static int ilo_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			       const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
-	int devnum, minor, start, error = 0;
+	int devnum, slot, start, error = 0;
 	struct ilo_hwinfo *ilo_hw;
 
 	if (pci_match_id(ilo_blacklist, pdev)) {
@@ -839,11 +839,11 @@ static int ilo_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto remove_isr;
 	}
 
-	for (minor = 0 ; minor < max_ccb; minor++) {
+	for (slot = 0; slot < max_ccb; slot++) {
 		struct device *dev;
 		dev = device_create(&ilo_class, &pdev->dev,
-				    MKDEV(ilo_major, start + minor), NULL,
-				    "hpilo!d%dccb%d", devnum, minor);
+				    MKDEV(ilo_major, start + slot), NULL,
+				    "hpilo!d%dccb%d", devnum, slot);
 		if (IS_ERR(dev))
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not create files\n");
 	}