diff --git a/components/nif/data.cpp b/components/nif/data.cpp
index a6721fde1..b2ba63053 100644
--- a/components/nif/data.cpp
+++ b/components/nif/data.cpp
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ void NiPixelData::read(NIFStream *nif)
     // Unknown
     nif->skip(12);
 
-    mips = nif->getInt();
+    number_of_mipmaps = nif->getInt();
 
     // Bytes per pixel, should be bpp * 8
     /* int bytes = */ nif->getInt();
 
-    for(int i=0; i<mips; i++)
+    for(int i=0; i<number_of_mipmaps; i++)
     {
         // Image size and offset in the following data field
         Mipmap m;
diff --git a/components/nif/data.hpp b/components/nif/data.hpp
index e6227b52a..6347e7fa7 100644
--- a/components/nif/data.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/data.hpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public:
     Format fmt;
 
     unsigned int rmask, gmask, bmask, amask;
-    int bpp, mips;
+    int bpp, number_of_mipmaps;
 
     struct Mipmap
     {