diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-detect-vconsole.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-detect-vconsole.sh
index 7c0fa005e..272c67ad4 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-detect-vconsole.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-detect-vconsole.sh
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 # wait for modules to initialize cmompletely
 udevadm settle
 # get screen setting mode from /sys
-FB_SIZE="$(sed -e 's#.*:##g' -e 's#x.*##g' /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes 2>/dev/null)"
-if [[ "${FB_SIZE}" -gt '1900' ]]; then
-    SIZE="32"
+_FB_SIZE="$(sed -e 's#.*:##g' -e 's#x.*##g' /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes 2>/dev/null)"
+if [[ "${_FB_SIZE}" -gt '1900' ]]; then
+    _SIZE="32"
 else
-    SIZE="16"
+    _SIZE="16"
 fi
 # update vconsole.conf accordingly
 echo KEYMAP=us >/etc/vconsole.conf
-echo FONT=ter-v${SIZE}n >>/etc/vconsole.conf
+echo FONT=ter-v${_SIZE}n >>/etc/vconsole.conf
 /lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/init.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/init.sh
index 1d1b3b2e9..5feeea75e 100755
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/init.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/init.sh
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ done
 # fix parallels screen
 [[ "${_ARCH}" == "aarch64" ]] && sleep 1
 # get screen setting mode from /sys
-FB_SIZE="$(sed -e 's#.*:##g' -e 's#x.*##g' /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes 2>/dev/null)"
-if [[ "${FB_SIZE}" -gt '1900' ]]; then
-    SIZE="32"
+_FB_SIZE="$(sed -e 's#.*:##g' -e 's#x.*##g' /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes 2>/dev/null)"
+if [[ "${_FB_SIZE}" -gt '1900' ]]; then
+    _SIZE="32"
 else
-    SIZE="16"
+    _SIZE="16"
 fi
 # it needs one echo before, in order to reset the consolefont!
 _msg "Initializing Console..."