diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h
index 651cbea4e2..e98d93c2fb 100644
--- a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #define MAX_MBUF_DATA_SIZE (UINT16_MAX - RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM)
 #define MAX_SEG_SIZE ((int)(MAX_MBUF_DATA_SIZE / EXPANSE_RATIO))
 
-extern const char *cperf_test_type_strs[];
+extern const char *comp_perf_test_type_strs[];
 
 /* Cleanup state machine */
 enum cleanup_st {
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
index 01e19eafb0..fa4fd0b417 100644
--- a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ parse_cperf_test_type(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
 {
 	struct name_id_map cperftest_namemap[] = {
 		{
-			cperf_test_type_strs[CPERF_TEST_TYPE_BENCHMARK],
+			comp_perf_test_type_strs[CPERF_TEST_TYPE_BENCHMARK],
 			CPERF_TEST_TYPE_BENCHMARK
 		},
 		{
-			cperf_test_type_strs[CPERF_TEST_TYPE_VERIFY],
+			comp_perf_test_type_strs[CPERF_TEST_TYPE_VERIFY],
 			CPERF_TEST_TYPE_VERIFY
 		}
 	};
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/main.c b/app/test-compress-perf/main.c
index 6f095b5484..6b56dd6809 100644
--- a/app/test-compress-perf/main.c
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/main.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define NUM_MAX_INFLIGHT_OPS 512
 
 __extension__
-const char *cperf_test_type_strs[] = {
+const char *comp_perf_test_type_strs[] = {
 	[CPERF_TEST_TYPE_BENCHMARK] = "benchmark",
 	[CPERF_TEST_TYPE_VERIFY] = "verify"
 };