diff --git a/ompi/mca/osc/pt2pt/osc_pt2pt_data_move.c b/ompi/mca/osc/pt2pt/osc_pt2pt_data_move.c
index 0bcc073cad..6545bfd034 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/osc/pt2pt/osc_pt2pt_data_move.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/osc/pt2pt/osc_pt2pt_data_move.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static inline int32_t
 create_send_tag(ompi_osc_pt2pt_module_t *module)
 {
 #if OMPI_HAVE_THREAD_SUPPORT && OPAL_HAVE_ATOMIC_CMPSET_32
-    int32_t new, old;
+    int32_t newval, oldval;
     do {
         oldval = module->p2p_tag_counter;
         newval = (oldval + 1) % mca_pml.pml_max_tag;