diff --git a/enterprise/ha/src/test/java/org/neo4j/kernel/ha/cluster/member/HighAvailabilitySlavesTest.java b/enterprise/ha/src/test/java/org/neo4j/kernel/ha/cluster/member/HighAvailabilitySlavesTest.java
index 6a39433320496..b9b60ac508670 100644
--- a/enterprise/ha/src/test/java/org/neo4j/kernel/ha/cluster/member/HighAvailabilitySlavesTest.java
+++ b/enterprise/ha/src/test/java/org/neo4j/kernel/ha/cluster/member/HighAvailabilitySlavesTest.java
@@ -141,9 +141,10 @@ public void shouldClearSlavesWhenNewMasterElected()
                 new ClusterMember( INSTANCE_ID ).availableAs( SLAVE, HA_URI, StoreId.DEFAULT ) ) );
 
         SlaveFactory slaveFactory = mock( SlaveFactory.class );
-        Slave slave = mock( Slave.class );
+        Slave slave1 = mock( Slave.class );
+        Slave slave2 = mock( Slave.class );
         when( slaveFactory.newSlave( any( LifeSupport.class ), any( ClusterMember.class ), any( String.class ), any( Integer.class ) ) )
-                .thenReturn( slave, slave );
+                .thenReturn( slave1, slave2 );
 
         HighAvailabilitySlaves slaves = new HighAvailabilitySlaves( clusterMembers, cluster, slaveFactory, new
                 HostnamePort( "localhost", 0 ) );
@@ -153,14 +154,14 @@ public void shouldClearSlavesWhenNewMasterElected()
         verify( cluster ).addClusterListener( listener.capture() );
 
         // when
-        Slave slave1 = slaves.getSlaves().iterator().next();
+        Slave actualSlave1 = slaves.getSlaves().iterator().next();
 
         listener.getValue().elected( ClusterConfiguration.COORDINATOR, INSTANCE_ID, CLUSTER_URI );
 
-        Slave slave2 = slaves.getSlaves().iterator().next();
+        Slave actualSlave2 = slaves.getSlaves().iterator().next();
 
         // then
-        assertThat( slave2, not( sameInstance( slave1 ) ) );
+        assertThat( actualSlave2, not( sameInstance( actualSlave1 ) ) );
     }
 
     @Test