diff --git a/src/unix/process.c b/src/unix/process.c
index 25b4d5d8..d67d0026 100644
--- a/src/unix/process.c
+++ b/src/unix/process.c
@@ -289,24 +289,24 @@ static void uv__process_child_init(uv_process_options_t options,
                                    int error_fd) {
   int close_fd;
   int use_fd;
-  int i;
+  int fd;
 
   if (options.flags & UV_PROCESS_DETACHED)
     setsid();
 
-  for (i = 0; i < stdio_count; i++) {
-    close_fd = pipes[i][0];
-    use_fd = pipes[i][1];
+  for (fd = 0; fd < stdio_count; fd++) {
+    close_fd = pipes[fd][0];
+    use_fd = pipes[fd][1];
 
     if (use_fd >= 0)
       close(close_fd);
-    else if (i >= 3)
+    else if (fd >= 3)
       continue;
     else {
       /* redirect stdin, stdout and stderr to /dev/null even if UV_IGNORE is
        * set
        */
-      use_fd = open("/dev/null", i == 0 ? O_RDONLY : O_RDWR);
+      use_fd = open("/dev/null", fd == 0 ? O_RDONLY : O_RDWR);
 
       if (use_fd == -1) {
         uv__write_int(error_fd, errno);
@@ -315,10 +315,10 @@ static void uv__process_child_init(uv_process_options_t options,
       }
     }
 
-    if (i == use_fd)
+    if (fd == use_fd)
       uv__cloexec(use_fd, 0);
     else {
-      dup2(use_fd, i);
+      dup2(use_fd, fd);
       close(use_fd);
     }