diff --git a/block/qcow2-cluster.c b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
index 7699544358..dbd57cd35f 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-cluster.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ static int handle_alloc(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t guest_offset,
 {
     BDRVQcow2State *s = bs->opaque;
     int l2_index;
-    uint64_t *l2_table;
+    uint64_t *l2_slice;
     uint64_t entry;
     uint64_t nb_clusters;
     int ret;
@@ -1287,29 +1287,29 @@ static int handle_alloc(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t guest_offset,
     assert(*bytes > 0);
 
     /*
-     * Calculate the number of clusters to look for. We stop at L2 table
+     * Calculate the number of clusters to look for. We stop at L2 slice
      * boundaries to keep things simple.
      */
     nb_clusters =
         size_to_clusters(s, offset_into_cluster(s, guest_offset) + *bytes);
 
-    l2_index = offset_to_l2_index(s, guest_offset);
-    nb_clusters = MIN(nb_clusters, s->l2_size - l2_index);
+    l2_index = offset_to_l2_slice_index(s, guest_offset);
+    nb_clusters = MIN(nb_clusters, s->l2_slice_size - l2_index);
     assert(nb_clusters <= INT_MAX);
 
     /* Find L2 entry for the first involved cluster */
-    ret = get_cluster_table(bs, guest_offset, &l2_table, &l2_index);
+    ret = get_cluster_table(bs, guest_offset, &l2_slice, &l2_index);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
 
-    entry = be64_to_cpu(l2_table[l2_index]);
+    entry = be64_to_cpu(l2_slice[l2_index]);
 
     /* For the moment, overwrite compressed clusters one by one */
     if (entry & QCOW_OFLAG_COMPRESSED) {
         nb_clusters = 1;
     } else {
-        nb_clusters = count_cow_clusters(s, nb_clusters, l2_table, l2_index);
+        nb_clusters = count_cow_clusters(s, nb_clusters, l2_slice, l2_index);
     }
 
     /* This function is only called when there were no non-COW clusters, so if
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ static int handle_alloc(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t guest_offset,
          * nb_clusters already to a range of COW clusters */
         preallocated_nb_clusters =
             count_contiguous_clusters(nb_clusters, s->cluster_size,
-                                      &l2_table[l2_index], QCOW_OFLAG_COPIED);
+                                      &l2_slice[l2_index], QCOW_OFLAG_COPIED);
         assert(preallocated_nb_clusters > 0);
 
         nb_clusters = preallocated_nb_clusters;
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ static int handle_alloc(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t guest_offset,
         keep_old_clusters = true;
     }
 
-    qcow2_cache_put(s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
+    qcow2_cache_put(s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_slice);
 
     if (!alloc_cluster_offset) {
         /* Allocate, if necessary at a given offset in the image file */