diff --git a/api/ocm/valuemergehandler/handlers/simplelistmerge/handler.go b/api/ocm/valuemergehandler/handlers/simplelistmerge/handler.go
index 4129661b0..397bf4c53 100644
--- a/api/ocm/valuemergehandler/handlers/simplelistmerge/handler.go
+++ b/api/ocm/valuemergehandler/handlers/simplelistmerge/handler.go
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ outer:
 	return modified, nil
 }
 
-func equal(c *Config, le, te Entry) bool {
+func equal(c *Config, le, entry Entry) bool {
 	if c == nil || len(c.IgnoredFields) == 0 {
-		return reflect.DeepEqual(le, te)
+		return reflect.DeepEqual(le, entry)
 	}
 
 	if lm, ok := le.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-		if tm, ok := te.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		if tm, ok := entry.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
 			for _, n := range c.IgnoredFields {
 				delete(lm, n)
 				delete(tm, n)
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ func equal(c *Config, le, te Entry) bool {
 			return reflect.DeepEqual(lm, tm)
 		}
 	}
-	return reflect.DeepEqual(le, te)
+	return reflect.DeepEqual(le, entry)
 }