diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 056ac91..d7e05bf 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@
     {
 	/* Use stderr for stdin, makes shell commands work. */
 	close(0);
-	ignored = dup(2);
+	vim_ignored = dup(2);
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -3751,7 +3751,7 @@
 		{
 # ifdef UNIX
 #  ifdef HAVE_FCHOWN
-		    ignored = fchown(fd, st_old.st_uid, st_old.st_gid);
+		    vim_ignored = fchown(fd, st_old.st_uid, st_old.st_gid);
 #  endif
 		    if (mch_stat((char *)IObuff, &st) < 0
 			    || st.st_uid != st_old.st_uid
@@ -4509,7 +4509,7 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_FTRUNCATE
 	    if (!append)
-		ignored = ftruncate(fd, (off_t)0);
+		vim_ignored = ftruncate(fd, (off_t)0);
 #endif
 
 #if defined(WIN3264)
@@ -4789,7 +4789,7 @@
 		    || st.st_gid != st_old.st_gid)
 	    {
 		/* changing owner might not be possible */
-		ignored = fchown(fd, st_old.st_uid, -1);
+		vim_ignored = fchown(fd, st_old.st_uid, -1);
 		/* if changing group fails clear the group permissions */
 		if (fchown(fd, -1, st_old.st_gid) == -1 && perm > 0)
 		    perm &= ~070;
@@ -6482,9 +6482,9 @@
 	{
 	    tbuf[FGETS_SIZE - 2] = NUL;
 #ifdef USE_CR
-	    ignoredp = fgets_cr((char *)tbuf, FGETS_SIZE, fp);
+	    vim_ignoredp = fgets_cr((char *)tbuf, FGETS_SIZE, fp);
 #else
-	    ignoredp = fgets((char *)tbuf, FGETS_SIZE, fp);
+	    vim_ignoredp = fgets((char *)tbuf, FGETS_SIZE, fp);
 #endif
 	} while (tbuf[FGETS_SIZE - 2] != NUL && tbuf[FGETS_SIZE - 2] != '\n');
     }