diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev.c b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
index 50c61b85d..dbdc71fa4 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-netdev.c
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
@@ -4874,13 +4874,13 @@ emc_processing(struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd,
     struct netdev_flow_key *key = &keys[0];
     size_t n_missed = 0, n_dropped = 0;
     struct dp_packet *packet;
-    const size_t size = dp_packet_batch_size(packets_);
+    const size_t cnt = dp_packet_batch_size(packets_);
     uint32_t cur_min;
     int i;
 
     atomic_read_relaxed(&pmd->dp->emc_insert_min, &cur_min);
 
-    DP_PACKET_BATCH_REFILL_FOR_EACH (i, size, packet, packets_) {
+    DP_PACKET_BATCH_REFILL_FOR_EACH (i, cnt, packet, packets_) {
         struct dp_netdev_flow *flow;
 
         if (OVS_UNLIKELY(dp_packet_size(packet) < ETH_HEADER_LEN)) {
@@ -4889,7 +4889,7 @@ emc_processing(struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd,
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (i != size - 1) {
+        if (i != cnt - 1) {
             struct dp_packet **packets = packets_->packets;
             /* Prefetch next packet data and metadata. */
             OVS_PREFETCH(dp_packet_data(packets[i+1]));
@@ -4920,7 +4920,7 @@ emc_processing(struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd,
     }
 
     dp_netdev_count_packet(pmd, DP_STAT_EXACT_HIT,
-                           size - n_dropped - n_missed);
+                           cnt - n_dropped - n_missed);
 
     return dp_packet_batch_size(packets_);
 }