diff --git a/block/qcow2-cluster.c b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
index 62336960a5..f440105f6c 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-cluster.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
@@ -1752,33 +1752,33 @@ fail:
 
 /*
  * This zeroes as many clusters of nb_clusters as possible at once (i.e.
- * all clusters in the same L2 table) and returns the number of zeroed
+ * all clusters in the same L2 slice) and returns the number of zeroed
  * clusters.
  */
-static int zero_single_l2(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
-                          uint64_t nb_clusters, int flags)
+static int zero_in_l2_slice(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
+                            uint64_t nb_clusters, int flags)
 {
     BDRVQcow2State *s = bs->opaque;
-    uint64_t *l2_table;
+    uint64_t *l2_slice;
     int l2_index;
     int ret;
     int i;
     bool unmap = !!(flags & BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP);
 
-    ret = get_cluster_table(bs, offset, &l2_table, &l2_index);
+    ret = get_cluster_table(bs, offset, &l2_slice, &l2_index);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
 
-    /* Limit nb_clusters to one L2 table */
-    nb_clusters = MIN(nb_clusters, s->l2_size - l2_index);
+    /* Limit nb_clusters to one L2 slice */
+    nb_clusters = MIN(nb_clusters, s->l2_slice_size - l2_index);
     assert(nb_clusters <= INT_MAX);
 
     for (i = 0; i < nb_clusters; i++) {
         uint64_t old_offset;
         QCow2ClusterType cluster_type;
 
-        old_offset = be64_to_cpu(l2_table[l2_index + i]);
+        old_offset = be64_to_cpu(l2_slice[l2_index + i]);
 
         /*
          * Minimize L2 changes if the cluster already reads back as
@@ -1790,16 +1790,16 @@ static int zero_single_l2(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
             continue;
         }
 
-        qcow2_cache_entry_mark_dirty(s->l2_table_cache, l2_table);
+        qcow2_cache_entry_mark_dirty(s->l2_table_cache, l2_slice);
         if (cluster_type == QCOW2_CLUSTER_COMPRESSED || unmap) {
-            l2_table[l2_index + i] = cpu_to_be64(QCOW_OFLAG_ZERO);
+            l2_slice[l2_index + i] = cpu_to_be64(QCOW_OFLAG_ZERO);
             qcow2_free_any_clusters(bs, old_offset, 1, QCOW2_DISCARD_REQUEST);
         } else {
-            l2_table[l2_index + i] |= cpu_to_be64(QCOW_OFLAG_ZERO);
+            l2_slice[l2_index + i] |= cpu_to_be64(QCOW_OFLAG_ZERO);
         }
     }
 
-    qcow2_cache_put(s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
+    qcow2_cache_put(s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_slice);
 
     return nb_clusters;
 }
@@ -1823,13 +1823,13 @@ int qcow2_cluster_zeroize(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }
 
-    /* Each L2 table is handled by its own loop iteration */
+    /* Each L2 slice is handled by its own loop iteration */
     nb_clusters = size_to_clusters(s, bytes);
 
     s->cache_discards = true;
 
     while (nb_clusters > 0) {
-        cleared = zero_single_l2(bs, offset, nb_clusters, flags);
+        cleared = zero_in_l2_slice(bs, offset, nb_clusters, flags);
         if (cleared < 0) {
             ret = cleared;
             goto fail;