diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 1b35d4e..4f0de1e 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 /* Limit for the Unicode object free list */
 
-#define MAX_UNICODE_FREELIST_SIZE       1024
+#define PyUnicode_MAXFREELIST       1024
 
 /* Limit for the Unicode object free list stay alive optimization.
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
    all objects on the free list having a size less than this
    limit. This reduces malloc() overhead for small Unicode objects.
 
-   At worst this will result in MAX_UNICODE_FREELIST_SIZE *
+   At worst this will result in PyUnicode_MAXFREELIST *
    (sizeof(PyUnicodeObject) + KEEPALIVE_SIZE_LIMIT +
    malloc()-overhead) bytes of unused garbage.
 
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@
 static PyObject *interned;
 
 /* Free list for Unicode objects */
-static PyUnicodeObject *unicode_freelist;
-static int unicode_freelist_size;
+static PyUnicodeObject *free_list;
+static int numfree;
 
 /* The empty Unicode object is shared to improve performance. */
 static PyUnicodeObject *unicode_empty;
@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@
     }
 
     /* Unicode freelist & memory allocation */
-    if (unicode_freelist) {
-        unicode = unicode_freelist;
-        unicode_freelist = *(PyUnicodeObject **)unicode;
-        unicode_freelist_size--;
+    if (free_list) {
+        unicode = free_list;
+        free_list = *(PyUnicodeObject **)unicode;
+        numfree--;
 	if (unicode->str) {
 	    /* Keep-Alive optimization: we only upsize the buffer,
 	       never downsize it. */
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
     }
 
     if (PyUnicode_CheckExact(unicode) &&
-	unicode_freelist_size < MAX_UNICODE_FREELIST_SIZE) {
+	numfree < PyUnicode_MAXFREELIST) {
         /* Keep-Alive optimization */
 	if (unicode->length >= KEEPALIVE_SIZE_LIMIT) {
 	    PyMem_DEL(unicode->str);
@@ -398,9 +398,9 @@
 	    unicode->defenc = NULL;
 	}
 	/* Add to free list */
-        *(PyUnicodeObject **)unicode = unicode_freelist;
-        unicode_freelist = unicode;
-        unicode_freelist_size++;
+        *(PyUnicodeObject **)unicode = free_list;
+        free_list = unicode;
+        numfree++;
     }
     else {
 	PyMem_DEL(unicode->str);
@@ -8033,7 +8033,7 @@
 static PyObject*
 unicode_freelistsize(PyUnicodeObject *self)
 {
-    return PyLong_FromLong(unicode_freelist_size);
+    return PyLong_FromLong(numfree);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -9090,8 +9090,8 @@
     };
 
     /* Init the implementation */
-    unicode_freelist = NULL;
-    unicode_freelist_size = 0;
+    free_list = NULL;
+    numfree = 0;
     unicode_empty = _PyUnicode_New(0);
     if (!unicode_empty)
 	return;
@@ -9127,7 +9127,7 @@
 	}
     }
 
-    for (u = unicode_freelist; u != NULL;) {
+    for (u = free_list; u != NULL;) {
 	PyUnicodeObject *v = u;
 	u = *(PyUnicodeObject **)u;
 	if (v->str)
@@ -9135,8 +9135,8 @@
 	Py_XDECREF(v->defenc);
 	PyObject_Del(v);
     }
-    unicode_freelist = NULL;
-    unicode_freelist_size = 0;
+    free_list = NULL;
+    numfree = 0;
 }
 
 void