diff --git a/api.c b/api.c
index 803b45dd2bb36672fa2305f06450aca58f8990d9..cd14cb569e2e50dec0c6af5a7cbebb09c13af3f1 100644
--- a/api.c
+++ b/api.c
@@ -255,14 +255,14 @@ static int add_val(struct json_object *src, char *key, char *val, enum json_type
 		if (len < 1) {
 			/* if a key is provided, place input under that key, else place in root */
 			if (key) {
-				struct json_object *tmp;
+				struct json_object *j_new;
 
-				tmp = json_object_new_object();
-				if (!tmp)
+				j_new = json_object_new_object();
+				if (!j_new)
 					return -1;
 
-				copy_object_into_object(j_val, tmp);
-				json_object_object_add(src, parsed_key, tmp);
+				copy_object_into_object(j_val, j_new);
+				json_object_object_add(src, parsed_key, j_new);
 			} else
 				copy_object_into_object(j_val, src);
 
@@ -402,15 +402,15 @@ int json_object_set_delimiter(struct json_object *src, char *fmt, struct json_ob
 	strcpy(fmt_cpy, fmt);
 
 	for (p = strtok(fmt_cpy,delimiter); p != NULL; p = strtok(NULL, delimiter)) {
-		struct json_object *ptr, *tmp = src;
+		struct json_object *ptr, *outer_obj = src;
 
-		json_object_object_get_ex(tmp, p, &ptr);
+		json_object_object_get_ex(outer_obj, p, &ptr);
 		if (!ptr) {
 			ptr = json_object_new_object();
-			json_object_object_add(tmp, p, ptr);
+			json_object_object_add(outer_obj, p, ptr);
 		}
 
-		tmp = ptr;
+		outer_obj = ptr;
 	}
 
 	json_object_object_foreach(val, key, j_val)
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ struct json_object *json_object_get_by_string(struct json_object *src, char *fmt
 
 struct json_object *json_object_get_by_string_delimiter(struct json_object *src, char *fmt, const char *delimiter)
 {
-	struct json_object *ptr, *tmp = src;
+	struct json_object *ptr, *outer_obj = src;
 	char fmt_cpy[1024] = {0};
 	char parsed_key[32] = {0};
 	int idx[32];
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ struct json_object *json_object_get_by_string_delimiter(struct json_object *src,
 	for (char *key = strtok(fmt_cpy,delimiter); key != NULL; key = strtok(NULL, delimiter)) {
 		int len = 0;
 		len = get_idx(key, idx, parsed_key);
-		json_object_object_get_ex(tmp, parsed_key, &ptr);
+		json_object_object_get_ex(outer_obj, parsed_key, &ptr);
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 			if (!json_object_is_type(ptr, json_type_array))
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ struct json_object *json_object_get_by_string_delimiter(struct json_object *src,
 			ptr = json_object_array_get_idx(ptr, index);
 		}
 
-		tmp = ptr;
+		outer_obj = ptr;
 	}
 
 	return ptr;