diff --git a/blockstore_impl.cpp b/blockstore_impl.cpp
index a147106c..a2cd4615 100644
--- a/blockstore_impl.cpp
+++ b/blockstore_impl.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void blockstore_impl_t::check_wait(blockstore_op_t *op)
     else if (PRIV(op)->wait_for == WAIT_JOURNAL_BUFFER)
     {
         int next = ((journal.cur_sector + 1) % journal.sector_count);
-        if (journal.sector_info[next].usage_count > 0 ||
+        if (journal.sector_info[next].flush_count > 0 ||
             journal.sector_info[next].dirty)
         {
             // do not submit
diff --git a/blockstore_journal.cpp b/blockstore_journal.cpp
index 3ac0eb04..98f6378f 100644
--- a/blockstore_journal.cpp
+++ b/blockstore_journal.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int blockstore_journal_check_t::check_available(blockstore_op_t *op, int entries
                 " is too small for a batch of "+std::to_string(entries_required)+" entries of "+std::to_string(size)+" bytes"
             );
         }
-        if (bs->journal.sector_info[next_sector].usage_count > 0 ||
+        if (bs->journal.sector_info[next_sector].flush_count > 0 ||
             bs->journal.sector_info[next_sector].dirty)
         {
             // No memory buffer available. Wait for it.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int blockstore_journal_check_t::check_available(blockstore_op_t *op, int entries
                     dirty++;
                     used++;
                 }
-                if (bs->journal.sector_info[i].usage_count > 0)
+                if (bs->journal.sector_info[i].flush_count > 0)
                 {
                     used++;
                 }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int blockstore_journal_check_t::check_available(blockstore_op_t *op, int entries
                 "Ran out of journal sector buffers: %d/%lu buffers used (%d dirty), next buffer (%ld) is %s and flushed %lu times\n",
                 used, bs->journal.sector_count, dirty, next_sector,
                 bs->journal.sector_info[next_sector].dirty ? "dirty" : "not dirty",
-                bs->journal.sector_info[next_sector].usage_count
+                bs->journal.sector_info[next_sector].flush_count
             );
             PRIV(op)->wait_for = WAIT_JOURNAL_BUFFER;
             return 0;
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ journal_entry* prefill_single_journal_entry(journal_t & journal, uint16_t type,
     {
         assert(!journal.sector_info[journal.cur_sector].dirty);
         // Move to the next journal sector
-        if (journal.sector_info[journal.cur_sector].usage_count > 0)
+        if (journal.sector_info[journal.cur_sector].flush_count > 0)
         {
             // Also select next sector buffer in memory
             journal.cur_sector = ((journal.cur_sector + 1) % journal.sector_count);
-            assert(!journal.sector_info[journal.cur_sector].usage_count);
+            assert(!journal.sector_info[journal.cur_sector].flush_count);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void prepare_journal_sector_write(journal_t & journal, int cur_sector, io_uring_
 {
     journal.sector_info[cur_sector].dirty = false;
     journal.sector_info[cur_sector].written = true;
-    journal.sector_info[cur_sector].usage_count++;
+    journal.sector_info[cur_sector].flush_count++;
     ring_data_t *data = ((ring_data_t*)sqe->user_data);
     data->iov = (struct iovec){
         (journal.inmemory
diff --git a/blockstore_journal.h b/blockstore_journal.h
index ba0387a6..a6c33418 100644
--- a/blockstore_journal.h
+++ b/blockstore_journal.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ inline uint32_t je_crc32(journal_entry *je)
 struct journal_sector_info_t
 {
     uint64_t offset;
-    uint64_t usage_count; // flusher_count!
+    uint64_t flush_count;
     bool written;
     bool dirty;
 };
diff --git a/blockstore_write.cpp b/blockstore_write.cpp
index e7bb92c3..238883aa 100644
--- a/blockstore_write.cpp
+++ b/blockstore_write.cpp
@@ -468,8 +468,8 @@ void blockstore_impl_t::release_journal_sectors(blockstore_op_t *op)
         uint64_t s = PRIV(op)->min_flushed_journal_sector;
         while (1)
         {
-            journal.sector_info[s-1].usage_count--;
-            if (s != (1+journal.cur_sector) && journal.sector_info[s-1].usage_count == 0)
+            journal.sector_info[s-1].flush_count--;
+            if (s != (1+journal.cur_sector) && journal.sector_info[s-1].flush_count == 0)
             {
                 // We know for sure that we won't write into this sector anymore
                 uint64_t new_ds = journal.sector_info[s-1].offset + journal.block_size;