diff --git a/libretro-common/compat/compat_snprintf.c b/libretro-common/compat/compat_snprintf.c
index c069163262..d7320cc949 100644
--- a/libretro-common/compat/compat_snprintf.c
+++ b/libretro-common/compat/compat_snprintf.c
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
 #if _MSC_VER < 1300
 #define _vscprintf c89_vscprintf_retro__
 
-static int c89_vscprintf_retro__(const char *format, va_list pargs)
+static int c89_vscprintf_retro__(const char *fmt, va_list pargs)
 {
    int retval;
    va_list argcopy;
    va_copy(argcopy, pargs);
-   retval = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, format, argcopy);
+   retval = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, argcopy);
    va_end(argcopy);
    return retval;
 }
@@ -46,21 +46,21 @@ static int c89_vscprintf_retro__(const char *format, va_list pargs)
 
 /* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2915672/snprintf-and-visual-studio-2010 */
 
-int c99_vsnprintf_retro__(char *s, size_t len, const char *format, va_list ap)
+int c99_vsnprintf_retro__(char *s, size_t len, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
    int count = -1;
 
    if (len != 0)
    {
 #if (_MSC_VER <= 1310)
-      count = _vsnprintf(s, len - 1, format, ap);
+      count = _vsnprintf(s, len - 1, fmt, ap);
 #else
-      count = _vsnprintf_s(s, len, len - 1, format, ap);
+      count = _vsnprintf_s(s, len, len - 1, fmt, ap);
 #endif
    }
 
    if (count == -1)
-       count = _vscprintf(format, ap);
+       count = _vscprintf(fmt, ap);
 
    /* there was no room for a NULL, so truncate the last character */
    if (count == len && len)
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ int c99_vsnprintf_retro__(char *s, size_t len, const char *format, va_list ap)
    return count;
 }
 
-int c99_snprintf_retro__(char *outBuf, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
+int c99_snprintf_retro__(char *s, size_t len, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
    int count;
    va_list ap;
 
-   va_start(ap, format);
-   count = c99_vsnprintf_retro__(outBuf, size, format, ap);
+   va_start(ap, fmt);
+   count = c99_vsnprintf_retro__(s, len, fmt, ap);
    va_end(ap);
 
    return count;