diff --git a/psftp.c b/psftp.c
index db57d89d..d8b5c400 100644
--- a/psftp.c
+++ b/psftp.c
@@ -2790,7 +2790,7 @@ const unsigned cmdline_tooltype = TOOLTYPE_FILETRANSFER;
  */
 int psftp_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    int i, ret;
+    int i, toret;
     int portnumber = 0;
     char *userhost, *user;
     int mode = 0;
@@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@ int psftp_main(int argc, char *argv[])
     do_defaults(NULL, conf);
 
     for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-        int ret;
+        int retd;
         if (argv[i][0] != '-') {
             if (userhost)
                 usage();
@@ -2815,12 +2815,13 @@ int psftp_main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 userhost = dupstr(argv[i]);
             continue;
         }
-        ret = cmdline_process_param(argv[i], i+1<argc?argv[i+1]:NULL, 1, conf);
-        if (ret == -2) {
+        retd = cmdline_process_param(
+            argv[i], i+1 < argc ? argv[i+1] : NULL, 1, conf);
+        if (retd == -2) {
             cmdline_error("option \"%s\" requires an argument", argv[i]);
-        } else if (ret == 2) {
+        } else if (retd == 2) {
             i++;               /* skip next argument */
-        } else if (ret == 1) {
+        } else if (retd == 1) {
             /* We have our own verbosity in addition to `flags'. */
             if (cmdline_verbose())
                 verbose = true;
@@ -2881,10 +2882,10 @@ int psftp_main(int argc, char *argv[])
      * it now.
      */
     if (userhost) {
-        int ret;
-        ret = psftp_connect(userhost, user, portnumber);
+        int retd;
+        retd = psftp_connect(userhost, user, portnumber);
         sfree(userhost);
-        if (ret)
+        if (retd)
             return 1;
         if (do_sftp_init())
             return 1;
@@ -2893,7 +2894,7 @@ int psftp_main(int argc, char *argv[])
                " to connect\n");
     }
 
-    ret = do_sftp(mode, modeflags, batchfile);
+    toret = do_sftp(mode, modeflags, batchfile);
 
     if (backend && backend_connected(backend)) {
         char ch;
@@ -2912,5 +2913,5 @@ int psftp_main(int argc, char *argv[])
     if (psftp_logctx)
         log_free(psftp_logctx);
 
-    return ret;
+    return toret;
 }