diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFile.py b/src/PIL/ImageFile.py
index 0923979af8b..17b1b3203e6 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFile.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFile.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def load_end(self):
     #     pass
 
     # may be defined for blocked formats (e.g. PNG)
-    # def load_read(self, bytes):
+    # def load_read(self, read_bytes):
     #     pass
 
     def _seek_check(self, frame):
diff --git a/src/PIL/XpmImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/XpmImagePlugin.py
index bf73c9bef06..3125f8d52c6 100644
--- a/src/PIL/XpmImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/XpmImagePlugin.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def _open(self):
 
         self.tile = [("raw", (0, 0) + self.size, self.fp.tell(), ("P", 0, 1))]
 
-    def load_read(self, bytes):
+    def load_read(self, read_bytes):
         #
         # load all image data in one chunk