diff --git a/usr.sbin/sesutil/sesutil.c b/usr.sbin/sesutil/sesutil.c
index 28ba7bb1ab2d..1b38143f1c5d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sesutil/sesutil.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sesutil/sesutil.c
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ do_locate(int fd, unsigned int idx, bool onoff)
 static bool
 disk_match(const char *devnames, const char *disk, size_t len)
 {
-	const char *devname;
+	const char *dname;
 
-	devname = devnames;
-	while ((devname = strstr(devname, disk)) != NULL) {
-		if (devname[len] == '\0' || devname[len] == ',')
+	dname = devnames;
+	while ((dname = strstr(dname, disk)) != NULL) {
+		if (dname[len] == '\0' || dname[len] == ',')
 			return (true);
-		devname++;
+		dname++;
 	}
 	return (false);
 }