diff --git a/src/sw-collector/sw-collector.c b/src/sw-collector/sw-collector.c
index 5453eeb60..f88e55cb2 100644
--- a/src/sw-collector/sw-collector.c
+++ b/src/sw-collector/sw-collector.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  */
 static int debug_level = 2;
 static bool stderr_quiet = FALSE;
-static int count = 0;
+static int max_count = 0;
 
 typedef enum collector_op_t collector_op_t;
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static collector_op_t do_args(int argc, char *argv[], bool *full_tags,
 				op = COLLECTOR_OP_CHECK;
 				continue;
 			case 'c':
-				count = atoi(optarg);
+				max_count = atoi(optarg);
 				continue;
 			case 'd':
 				debug_level = atoi(optarg);
@@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ static int extract_history(sw_collector_db_t *db)
 		}
 		else if (match("End-Date", &cmd))
 		{
-			/* Process 'count' events at a time */
-			if (count > 0 && eid - last_eid == count)
+			/* Process 'max_count' events at a time */
+			if (max_count > 0 && eid - last_eid == max_count)
 			{
-				fprintf(stderr, "added %d events\n", count);
+				fprintf(stderr, "added %d events\n", max_count);
 				goto end;
 			}
 		}