diff --git a/core/modules/user/user.pages.inc b/core/modules/user/user.pages.inc
index 7bf786e004a..c54bd4c9309 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/user.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/user/user.pages.inc
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ function user_autocomplete($string = '') {
   $matches = array();
   if ($string) {
     $result = db_select('users')->fields('users', array('name'))->condition('name', db_like($string) . '%', 'LIKE')->range(0, 10)->execute();
-    foreach ($result as $user) {
-      $matches[$user->name] = check_plain($user->name);
+    foreach ($result as $account) {
+      $matches[$account->name] = check_plain($account->name);
     }
   }