diff --git a/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js b/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
index bc89c6e8b269e3..ad635aaf494b33 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/next_tick.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // large and cause the process to run out of memory. When this value
 // is reached the nextTimeQueue array will be shortend (see tickDone
 // for details).
-const kMaxCallbacksUntilQueueIsShortened = 1e4;
+const kMaxCallbacksPerLoop = 1e4;
 
 exports.setup = setupNextTick;
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function setupNextTick() {
         // callback invocation with small numbers of arguments to avoid the
         // performance hit associated with using `fn.apply()`
         _combinedTickCallback(args, callback);
-        if (kMaxCallbacksUntilQueueIsShortened < tickInfo[kIndex])
+        if (kMaxCallbacksPerLoop < tickInfo[kIndex])
           tickDone();
       }
       tickDone();
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function setupNextTick() {
         // callback invocation with small numbers of arguments to avoid the
         // performance hit associated with using `fn.apply()`
         _combinedTickCallback(args, callback);
-        if (kMaxCallbacksUntilQueueIsShortened < tickInfo[kIndex])
+        if (kMaxCallbacksPerLoop < tickInfo[kIndex])
           tickDone();
         if (domain)
           domain.exit();