diff --git a/src/rpc/mining.cpp b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/mining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
@@ -311,11 +311,10 @@
     }
         .Check(request);
 
-    int nGenerate = request.params[0].get_int();
-    uint64_t nMaxTries{DEFAULT_MAX_TRIES};
-    if (!request.params[2].isNull()) {
-        nMaxTries = request.params[2].get_int64();
-    }
+    const int num_blocks{request.params[0].get_int()};
+    const uint64_t max_tries{request.params[2].isNull()
+                                 ? DEFAULT_MAX_TRIES
+                                 : request.params[2].get_int64()};
 
     CTxDestination destination =
         DecodeDestination(request.params[1].get_str(), config.GetChainParams());
@@ -329,8 +328,8 @@
 
     CScript coinbase_script = GetScriptForDestination(destination);
 
-    return generateBlocks(config, chainman, mempool, coinbase_script, nGenerate,
-                          nMaxTries);
+    return generateBlocks(config, chainman, mempool, coinbase_script,
+                          num_blocks, max_tries);
 }
 
 static UniValue generateblock(const Config &config,