diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index d47794495a..6d1b9ca1a5 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ struct commit_message {
 static int get_message(const char *raw_message, struct commit_message *out)
 {
 	const char *encoding;
-	const char *p, *abbrev;
+	const char *abbrev, *subject;
+	int abbrev_len, subject_len;
 	char *q;
-	int abbrev_len, oneline_len;
 
 	if (!raw_message)
 		return -1;
@@ -121,17 +121,17 @@ static int get_message(const char *raw_message, struct commit_message *out)
 	abbrev = find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
 	abbrev_len = strlen(abbrev);
 
-	oneline_len = find_commit_subject(out->message, &p);
+	subject_len = find_commit_subject(out->message, &subject);
 
 	out->parent_label = xmalloc(strlen("parent of ") + abbrev_len +
-			      strlen("... ") + oneline_len + 1);
+			      strlen("... ") + subject_len + 1);
 	q = out->parent_label;
 	q = mempcpy(q, "parent of ", strlen("parent of "));
 	out->label = q;
 	q = mempcpy(q, abbrev, abbrev_len);
 	q = mempcpy(q, "... ", strlen("... "));
 	out->subject = q;
-	q = mempcpy(q, p, oneline_len);
+	q = mempcpy(q, subject, subject_len);
 	*q = '\0';
 	return 0;
 }