diff --git a/fail2ban-client b/fail2ban-client
index af1ac856..b33a27ae 100755
--- a/fail2ban-client
+++ b/fail2ban-client
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Fail2banClient:
 
 	def __processCmd(self, cmd, showRet = True):
 		beautifier = Beautifier()
-		ret = True
+		streamRet = True
 		for c in cmd:
 			beautifier.setInputCmd(c)
 			try:
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class Fail2banClient:
 					logSys.error("NOK: " + `ret[1].args`)
 					if showRet:
 						print beautifier.beautifyError(ret[1])
-					ret = False
+					streamRet = False
 			except socket.error:
 				if showRet:
 					logSys.error("Unable to contact server. Is it running?")
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class Fail2banClient:
 				if showRet:
 					logSys.error(e)
 				return False
-		return ret
+		return streamRet
 
 	##
 	# Process a command line.