diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_utils.c b/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
index 4eac11ad38c4..8fb3214c70f2 100644
--- a/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
+++ b/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ int find_type_by_name(const char *name, const char *type)
 	const struct dirent *ent;
 	int number, numstrlen, ret;
 
-	FILE *nameFile;
+	FILE *namefp;
 	DIR *dp;
 	char thisname[IIO_MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
 	char *filename;
@@ -607,20 +607,20 @@ int find_type_by_name(const char *name, const char *type)
 					goto error_close_dir;
 				}
 
-				nameFile = fopen(filename, "r");
-				if (!nameFile) {
+				namefp = fopen(filename, "r");
+				if (!namefp) {
 					free(filename);
 					continue;
 				}
 
 				free(filename);
 				errno = 0;
-				if (fscanf(nameFile, "%s", thisname) != 1) {
+				if (fscanf(namefp, "%s", thisname) != 1) {
 					ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
 					goto error_close_dir;
 				}
 
-				if (fclose(nameFile)) {
+				if (fclose(namefp)) {
 					ret = -errno;
 					goto error_close_dir;
 				}
diff --git a/tools/iio/lsiio.c b/tools/iio/lsiio.c
index f5b3bd0267d5..7f432a55a6c4 100644
--- a/tools/iio/lsiio.c
+++ b/tools/iio/lsiio.c
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ static int dump_one_device(const char *dev_dir_name)
 {
 	char name[IIO_MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
 	int dev_idx;
-	int retval;
+	int ret;
 
-	retval = sscanf(dev_dir_name + strlen(iio_dir) + strlen(type_device),
-			"%i", &dev_idx);
-	if (retval != 1)
+	ret = sscanf(dev_dir_name + strlen(iio_dir) + strlen(type_device), "%i",
+		     &dev_idx);
+	if (ret != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	retval = read_sysfs_string("name", dev_dir_name, name);
-	if (retval)
-		return retval;
+	ret = read_sysfs_string("name", dev_dir_name, name);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	printf("Device %03d: %s\n", dev_idx, name);
 
@@ -84,16 +84,16 @@ static int dump_one_trigger(const char *dev_dir_name)
 {
 	char name[IIO_MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
 	int dev_idx;
-	int retval;
+	int ret;
 
-	retval = sscanf(dev_dir_name + strlen(iio_dir) + strlen(type_trigger),
-			"%i", &dev_idx);
-	if (retval != 1)
+	ret = sscanf(dev_dir_name + strlen(iio_dir) + strlen(type_trigger),
+		     "%i", &dev_idx);
+	if (ret != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	retval = read_sysfs_string("name", dev_dir_name, name);
-	if (retval)
-		return retval;
+	ret = read_sysfs_string("name", dev_dir_name, name);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	printf("Trigger %03d: %s\n", dev_idx, name);