diff --git a/src/qsched.c b/src/qsched.c
index bec536a0572b85d975794c27c8127d73c7ed0c56..b7c43cca419141f444078cb9ebdae27ed8e1ff19 100644
--- a/src/qsched.c
+++ b/src/qsched.c
@@ -686,16 +686,14 @@ int qsched_lockres(struct qsched *s, int rid) {
  */
 
 void qsched_unlockres(struct qsched *s, int rid) {
-
-  int finger;
-
   /* Unlock the resource. */
   lock_unlock_blind(&s->res[rid].lock);
 
   /* Go back up the tree and undo the holds. */
-  for (finger = s->res[rid].parent; finger != qsched_res_none;
-       finger = s->res[finger].parent)
+  for (int finger = s->res[rid].parent; finger != qsched_res_none;
+       finger = s->res[finger].parent) {
     atomic_dec(&s->res[finger].hold);
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -709,23 +707,24 @@ void qsched_unlockres(struct qsched *s, int rid) {
 
 int qsched_locktask(struct qsched *s, int tid) {
 
-  int k;
-  struct task *t;
-
   TIMER_TIC
 
   /* Get a pointer on the task. */
-  t = &s->tasks[tid];
+  struct task *t = &s->tasks[tid];
 
   /* Try to lock all the task's locks. */
-  for (k = 0; k < t->nr_locks; k++)
-    if (qsched_lockres(s, t->locks[k]) == 0) break;
+  int lock_id;
+  for (lock_id = 0; lock_id < t->nr_locks; lock_id++) {
+    if (qsched_lockres(s, t->locks[lock_id]) == 0) break;
+  }
 
   /* If I didn't get all the locks... */
-  if (k < t->nr_locks) {
+  if (lock_id < t->nr_locks) {
 
     /* Unroll the locks I got. */
-    for (k -= 1; k >= 0; k--) qsched_unlockres(s, t->locks[k]);
+    for (lock_id -= 1; lock_id >= 0; lock_id--) {
+      qsched_unlockres(s, t->locks[lock_id]);
+    }
 
     /* Fail. */
     TIMER_TOC(s, qsched_timer_lock)
@@ -749,16 +748,13 @@ int qsched_locktask(struct qsched *s, int tid) {
 
 void qsched_unlocktask(struct qsched *s, int tid) {
 
-  int k;
-  struct task *t;
-
   TIMER_TIC
 
   /* Get a pointer on the task. */
-  t = &s->tasks[tid];
+  struct task *t = &s->tasks[tid];
 
   /* Unlock the used resources. */
-  for (k = 0; k < t->nr_locks; k++) qsched_unlockres(s, t->locks[k]);
+  for (int k = 0; k < t->nr_locks; k++) qsched_unlockres(s, t->locks[k]);
 
   TIMER_TOC(s, qsched_timer_lock)
 }