diff --git a/lib/url.js b/lib/url.js
index d754fea3b25359..f8f21c3ffcb6d1 100644
--- a/lib/url.js
+++ b/lib/url.js
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ const querystring = require('querystring');
 function urlParse(url, parseQueryString, slashesDenoteHost) {
   if (url instanceof Url) return url;
 
-  var u = new Url();
-  u.parse(url, parseQueryString, slashesDenoteHost);
-  return u;
+  var urlObject = new Url();
+  urlObject.parse(url, parseQueryString, slashesDenoteHost);
+  return urlObject;
 }
 
 Url.prototype.parse = function parse(url, parseQueryString, slashesDenoteHost) {