diff --git a/miscmaths.cc b/miscmaths.cc
index 78b3428ac23c20e9aab317e9f1ecb76bc31a4dd3..9e6ba327b20128923ecfc29fc20371881f0f4266 100644
--- a/miscmaths.cc
+++ b/miscmaths.cc
@@ -1124,10 +1124,10 @@ mat44 newmat_to_mat44(const Matrix& inmat)
 
 ColumnVector seq(const int size)
 {
-  ColumnVector vector(size);
+  ColumnVector outputVector(size);
   for(int i=1; i<=size; i++)
-    vector(i) = i;
-  return vector;
+    outputVector(i) = i;
+  return outputVector;
 }
 
 float interp1(const ColumnVector& x, const ColumnVector& y, float xi)