diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/AbstractMemStore.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/AbstractMemStore.java
index 79e95af0fde..2b9910f5898 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/AbstractMemStore.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/AbstractMemStore.java
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractMemStore implements MemStore {
   @Override
   public long add(Cell cell) {
     Cell toAdd = maybeCloneWithAllocator(cell);
-    boolean useMSLAB = (toAdd != cell);
-    return internalAdd(toAdd, useMSLAB);
+    boolean mslabUsed = (toAdd != cell);
+    return internalAdd(toAdd, mslabUsed);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractMemStore implements MemStore {
   @Override
   public long delete(Cell deleteCell) {
     Cell toAdd = maybeCloneWithAllocator(deleteCell);
-    boolean useMSLAB = (toAdd != deleteCell);
-    long s = internalAdd(toAdd, useMSLAB);
+    boolean mslabUsed = (toAdd != deleteCell);
+    long s = internalAdd(toAdd, mslabUsed);
     return s;
   }
 
@@ -390,11 +390,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractMemStore implements MemStore {
    *
    * Callers should ensure they already have the read lock taken
    * @param toAdd the cell to add
-   * @param useMSLAB whether using MSLAB
+   * @param mslabUsed whether using MSLAB
    * @return the heap size change in bytes
    */
-  private long internalAdd(final Cell toAdd, final boolean useMSLAB) {
-    long s = active.add(toAdd, useMSLAB);
+  private long internalAdd(final Cell toAdd, final boolean mslabUsed) {
+    long s = active.add(toAdd, mslabUsed);
     setOldestEditTimeToNow();
     checkActiveSize();
     return s;
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreCompactor.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreCompactor.java
index 23f792bd170..042de0a4f6d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreCompactor.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreCompactor.java
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ class MemStoreCompactor {
           // The scanner is doing all the elimination logic
           // now we just copy it to the new segment
           Cell newKV = result.maybeCloneWithAllocator(c);
-          boolean useMSLAB = (newKV != c);
-          result.internalAdd(newKV, useMSLAB);
+          boolean mslabUsed = (newKV != c);
+          result.internalAdd(newKV, mslabUsed);
 
         }
         kvs.clear();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MutableSegment.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MutableSegment.java
index 6e54060b50a..e62249ae85a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MutableSegment.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MutableSegment.java
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ public class MutableSegment extends Segment {
   /**
    * Adds the given cell into the segment
    * @param cell the cell to add
-   * @param useMSLAB whether using MSLAB
+   * @param mslabUsed whether using MSLAB
    * @return the change in the heap size
    */
-  public long add(Cell cell, boolean useMSLAB) {
-    return internalAdd(cell, useMSLAB);
+  public long add(Cell cell, boolean mslabUsed) {
+    return internalAdd(cell, mslabUsed);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ public class MutableSegment extends Segment {
       tagsPresent = true;
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Segment.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Segment.java
index adb101efffb..33c3bfb6f3d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Segment.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Segment.java
@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@ public abstract class Segment {
     return comparator;
   }
 
-  protected long internalAdd(Cell cell, boolean useMSLAB) {
+  protected long internalAdd(Cell cell, boolean mslabUsed) {
     boolean succ = getCellSet().add(cell);
     long s = AbstractMemStore.heapSizeChange(cell, succ);
     // If there's already a same cell in the CellSet and we are using MSLAB, we must count in the
     // MSLAB allocation size as well, or else there will be memory leak (occupied heap size larger
     // than the counted number)
-    if (!succ && useMSLAB) {
+    if (!succ && mslabUsed) {
       s += getCellLength(cell);
     }
     updateMetaInfo(cell, s);
@@ -309,4 +309,4 @@ public abstract class Segment {
     res += "Min ts "+getMinTimestamp()+"; ";
     return res;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}