diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildmanager.cpp
index 099839052d158be2248645a2959bf97a9f75f5e0..ab9d3e5fbdc78f912d27ff691024beef9bd335e9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildmanager.cpp
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@
 using namespace ProjectExplorer;
 using namespace ProjectExplorer::Internal;
 
-static inline QString msgProgress(int n, int total)
+static inline QString msgProgress(int progress, int total)
 {
-    return BuildManager::tr("Finished %1 of %n build steps", 0, n).arg(total);
+    return BuildManager::tr("Finished %1 of %n build steps", 0, total).arg(progress);
 }
 
 BuildManager::BuildManager(ProjectExplorerPlugin *parent)