diff --git a/autoload/magit/git.vim b/autoload/magit/git.vim
index f5f9892553b8beeca44bff86d410aa2622b776b0..c7ba09dac5ee25a439864eedb349dfa4f824c734 100644
--- a/autoload/magit/git.vim
+++ b/autoload/magit/git.vim
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ function! magit#git#check_repo()
 	try
 		let head_br=magit#git#get_branch_name("HEAD")
 	catch 'shell_error'
-		let count = magit#git#count_object()['count']
-		if ( count != 0 )
+		let object_count = magit#git#count_object()['count']
+		if ( object_count != 0 )
 			return 1
 		endif
 	endtry