diff --git a/modules/locale/locale.module b/modules/locale/locale.module
index ea8692507a86b1ff726f910d0b6a79006c5d10b3..a07e5afddda7fb4b4b54992972f02621831c6993 100644
--- a/modules/locale/locale.module
+++ b/modules/locale/locale.module
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ function locale_user($type, $edit, &$user, $category = NULL) {
     $user_preferred_language = $user ? user_preferred_language($user) : $language;
 
     $names = array();
-    foreach ($languages as $langcode => $language) {
-      $name = t($language->name);
-      $names[$langcode] = $name . ($language->native != $name ? ' ('. $language->native .')' : '');
+    foreach ($languages as $langcode => $item) {
+      $name = t($item->name);
+      $names[$langcode] = $name . ($item->native != $name ? ' ('. $item->native .')' : '');
     }
     $form['locale'] = array(
       '#type' => 'fieldset',