diff --git a/src/REPLICA/neb.cpp b/src/REPLICA/neb.cpp
index 9401b4a3f4..aaa7f35691 100644
--- a/src/REPLICA/neb.cpp
+++ b/src/REPLICA/neb.cpp
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ void NEB::run()
   if (ineb == modify->nfix) error->all(FLERR,"NEB requires use of fix neb");
 
   fneb = (FixNEB *) modify->fix[ineb];
-  if (Verbose) nall =7;
-  else  nall = 4;
-  memory->create(all,nreplica,nall,"neb:all");
+  if (Verbose) numall =7;
+  else  numall = 4;
+  memory->create(all,nreplica,numall,"neb:all");
   rdist = new double[nreplica];
 
   // initialize LAMMPS
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ void NEB::print_status()
       MPI_Allgather(&fnorminf,1,MPI_DOUBLE,&fmaxatomInRepl[0],1,MPI_DOUBLE,roots);
     }
 
-  double one[nall];
+  double one[numall];
   one[0] = fneb->veng;
   one[1] = fneb->plen;
   one[2] = fneb->nlen;
@@ -598,8 +598,8 @@ void NEB::print_status()
 
   if (output->thermo->normflag) one[0] /= atom->natoms;
   if (me == 0)
-    MPI_Allgather(one,nall,MPI_DOUBLE,&all[0][0],nall,MPI_DOUBLE,roots);
-  MPI_Bcast(&all[0][0],nall*nreplica,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
+    MPI_Allgather(one,numall,MPI_DOUBLE,&all[0][0],numall,MPI_DOUBLE,roots);
+  MPI_Bcast(&all[0][0],numall*nreplica,MPI_DOUBLE,0,world);
 
   rdist[0] = 0.0;
   for (int i = 1; i < nreplica; i++)
diff --git a/src/REPLICA/neb.h b/src/REPLICA/neb.h
index 12a103284f..2a03496e59 100644
--- a/src/REPLICA/neb.h
+++ b/src/REPLICA/neb.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class NEB : protected Pointers {
   char *infile;                // name of file containing final state
 
   class FixNEB *fneb;
-  int nall;                    // per-replica dimension of array all
+  int numall;                  // per-replica dimension of array all
   double **all;                // PE,plen,nlen,gradvnorm from each replica
   double *rdist;               // normalize reaction distance, 0 to 1
   double *freplica;            // force on an image