diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c
index 571e19094b..cf5f39b90a 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c
@@ -888,11 +888,11 @@ _public_ int sd_session_get_leader(const char *session, pid_t *leader) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-_public_ int sd_seat_get_active(const char *seat, char **session, uid_t *uid) {
+_public_ int sd_seat_get_active(const char *seat, char **ret_session, uid_t *ret_uid) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *p = NULL, *s = NULL, *t = NULL;
         int r;
 
-        assert_return(session || uid, -EINVAL);
+        assert_return(ret_session || ret_uid, -EINVAL);
 
         r = file_of_seat(seat, &p);
         if (r < 0)
@@ -906,20 +906,20 @@ _public_ int sd_seat_get_active(const char *seat, char **session, uid_t *uid) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        if (session && !s)
+        if (ret_session && !s)
                 return -ENODATA;
 
-        if (uid && !t)
+        if (ret_uid && !t)
                 return -ENODATA;
 
-        if (uid && t) {
-                r = parse_uid(t, uid);
+        if (ret_uid && t) {
+                r = parse_uid(t, ret_uid);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         }
 
-        if (session && s)
-                *session = TAKE_PTR(s);
+        if (ret_session && s)
+                *ret_session = TAKE_PTR(s);
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-login.h b/src/systemd/sd-login.h
index 99ca8b8ed5..cb80431b16 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-login.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-login.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ int sd_session_get_tty(const char *session, char **display);
 int sd_session_get_vt(const char *session, unsigned *vtnr);
 
 /* Return active session and user of seat */
-int sd_seat_get_active(const char *seat, char **session, uid_t *uid);
+int sd_seat_get_active(const char *seat, char **ret_session, uid_t *ret_uid);
 
 /* Return sessions and users on seat. Returns number of sessions.
  * If sessions is NULL, this returns only the number of sessions. */