diff --git a/test/regridder_tests.jl b/test/regridder_tests.jl
index 62a8b166a..a492c7e8b 100644
--- a/test/regridder_tests.jl
+++ b/test/regridder_tests.jl
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ end
     for date in date0test
         date0 = DateTime(date, dateformat"yyyymmdd")
         sst_data = Regridder.truncate_dataset(date0, time_start, time_end, sst_data_all, REGRID_DIR, "test", comms_ctx)
-        nds = NCDataset(sst_data, "r")
-        new_dates = nds["time"][:]
+        ds_truncated = NCDataset(sst_data, "r")
+        new_dates = ds_truncated["time"][:]
 
         date_start = date0 + Dates.Second(time_start)
         date_end = date0 + Dates.Second(time_start + time_end)
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ end
         #@test nds["time"][1] == ds["time"][start_id]
         #@test last(nds["time"][:]) == ds["time"][end_id]
 
-        close(nds)
+        close(ds_truncated)
     end
 
     close(ds)