diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/except.c b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/except.c
index 2303e4b158b..85d1a0de51a 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/except.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/client/except.c
@@ -435,12 +435,12 @@ LPTOP_LEVEL_EXCEPTION_FILTER
 WINAPI
 SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(IN LPTOP_LEVEL_EXCEPTION_FILTER lpTopLevelExceptionFilter)
 {
-    PVOID EncodedPointer, NewPointer;
+    PVOID EncodedPointer, EncodedOldPointer;
 
     EncodedPointer = RtlEncodePointer(lpTopLevelExceptionFilter);
-    NewPointer = InterlockedExchangePointer(&GlobalTopLevelExceptionFilter,
+    EncodedOldPointer = InterlockedExchangePointer(&GlobalTopLevelExceptionFilter,
                                             EncodedPointer);
-    return RtlDecodePointer(EncodedPointer);
+    return RtlDecodePointer(EncodedOldPointer);
 }
 
 /*