diff --git a/src/syscalls/mod.rs b/src/syscalls/mod.rs
index 09c0a87444..62b46b7c9b 100644
--- a/src/syscalls/mod.rs
+++ b/src/syscalls/mod.rs
@@ -456,10 +456,10 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sys_readv(fd: i32, iov: *const iovec, iovcnt: i32) -> i
 	}
 
 	let mut count: isize = 0;
-	let slice = unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(iov, iovcnt.try_into().unwrap()) };
+	let iovec_buffers = unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(iov, iovcnt.try_into().unwrap()) };
 
-	for i in slice {
-		let buf = unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(i.iov_base, i.iov_len) };
+	for iovec_buf in iovec_buffers {
+		let buf = unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(iovec_buf.iov_base, iovec_buf.iov_len) };
 
 		let len = crate::fd::read(fd, buf).map_or_else(
 			|e| -num::ToPrimitive::to_isize(&e).unwrap(),
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sys_readv(fd: i32, iov: *const iovec, iovcnt: i32) -> i
 
 		count += len;
 
-		if len < i.iov_len.try_into().unwrap() {
+		if len < iovec_buf.iov_len.try_into().unwrap() {
 			return count;
 		}
 	}
@@ -517,10 +517,10 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sys_writev(fd: FileDescriptor, iov: *const iovec, iovcn
 	}
 
 	let mut count: isize = 0;
-	let slice = unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(iov, iovcnt.try_into().unwrap()) };
+	let iovec_buffers = unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(iov, iovcnt.try_into().unwrap()) };
 
-	for i in slice {
-		let buf = unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(i.iov_base, i.iov_len) };
+	for iovec_buf in iovec_buffers {
+		let buf = unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(iovec_buf.iov_base, iovec_buf.iov_len) };
 
 		let len = crate::fd::write(fd, buf).map_or_else(
 			|e| -num::ToPrimitive::to_isize(&e).unwrap(),
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sys_writev(fd: FileDescriptor, iov: *const iovec, iovcn
 
 		count += len;
 
-		if len < i.iov_len.try_into().unwrap() {
+		if len < iovec_buf.iov_len.try_into().unwrap() {
 			return count;
 		}
 	}