diff --git a/picard/mbjson.py b/picard/mbjson.py
index ddfac47f4..30b1f2218 100644
--- a/picard/mbjson.py
+++ b/picard/mbjson.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def artist_credit_to_metadata(node, m, release=False):
 
 
 def country_list_from_node(node):
-    country = []
+    countries = []
     if "release-events" in node:
         for release_event in node['release-events']:
             try:
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ def country_list_from_node(node):
                 pass
             else:
                 if country_code:
-                    country.append(country_code)
-    return country
+                    countries.append(country_code)
+    return countries
 
 
 def release_dates_and_countries_from_node(node):