diff --git a/include/h.h b/include/h.h
index 7d5da2fbe..6e1cf431e 100644
--- a/include/h.h
+++ b/include/h.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern char *getreply(int);
 extern MODVAR Member *freemember;
 extern MODVAR Membership *freemembership;
 extern MODVAR Client me;
-extern MODVAR Channel *channel;
+extern MODVAR Channel *channels;
 extern MODVAR ModData local_variable_moddata[MODDATA_MAX_LOCAL_VARIABLE];
 extern MODVAR ModData global_variable_moddata[MODDATA_MAX_GLOBAL_VARIABLE];
 extern MODVAR IRCStatistics ircstats;
diff --git a/src/api-channelmode.c b/src/api-channelmode.c
index bfff0c585..310ac86fb 100644
--- a/src/api-channelmode.c
+++ b/src/api-channelmode.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static void unload_extcmode_commit(Cmode *cmode)
 	if (cmode->paracount == 0)
 	{
 		/* Paramless mode, easy */
-		for (chptr = channel; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
+		for (chptr = channels; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
 		{
 			if (chptr->mode.extmode && cmode->mode)
 			{
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static void unload_extcmode_commit(Cmode *cmode)
 	} else
 	{
 		/* Parameter mode, more complicated */
-		for (chptr = channel; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
+		for (chptr = channels; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
 		{
 			if (chptr->mode.extmode && cmode->mode)
 			{
diff --git a/src/api-moddata.c b/src/api-moddata.c
index 3919bb3e7..d4555ccc6 100644
--- a/src/api-moddata.c
+++ b/src/api-moddata.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void unload_moddata_commit(ModDataInfo *md)
 		case MODDATATYPE_CHANNEL:
 		{
 			Channel *chptr;
-			for (chptr = channel; chptr; chptr=chptr->nextch)
+			for (chptr = channels; chptr; chptr=chptr->nextch)
 			{
 				if (md->free && moddata_channel(chptr, md).ptr)
 					md->free(&moddata_channel(chptr, md));
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void unload_moddata_commit(ModDataInfo *md)
 		{
 			Channel *chptr;
 			Member *m;
-			for (chptr = channel; chptr; chptr=chptr->nextch)
+			for (chptr = channels; chptr; chptr=chptr->nextch)
 			{
 				for (m = chptr->members; m; m = m->next)
 				{
diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 8d45440e4..9de668044 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 long opermode = 0;
 long sajoinmode = 0;
-Channel *channel = NULL;
+Channel *channels = NULL;
 
 /* some buffers for rebuilding channel/nick lists with comma's */
 static char buf[BUFSIZE];
@@ -940,14 +940,14 @@ Channel *get_channel(Client *client, char *chname, int flag)
 	{
 		chptr = safe_alloc(sizeof(Channel) + len);
 		strlcpy(chptr->chname, chname, len + 1);
-		if (channel)
-			channel->prevch = chptr;
+		if (channels)
+			channels->prevch = chptr;
 		chptr->topic = NULL;
 		chptr->topic_nick = NULL;
 		chptr->prevch = NULL;
-		chptr->nextch = channel;
+		chptr->nextch = channels;
 		chptr->creationtime = MyUser(client) ? TStime() : 0;
-		channel = chptr;
+		channels = chptr;
 		(void)add_to_channel_hash_table(chname, chptr);
 		irccounts.channels++;
 		RunHook2(HOOKTYPE_CHANNEL_CREATE, client, chptr);
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ int sub1_from_channel(Channel *chptr)
 	if (chptr->prevch)
 		chptr->prevch->nextch = chptr->nextch;
 	else
-		channel = chptr->nextch;
+		channels = chptr->nextch;
 
 	if (chptr->nextch)
 		chptr->nextch->prevch = chptr->prevch;
diff --git a/src/modules/channeldb.c b/src/modules/channeldb.c
index 63eaecae1..e1f956d2f 100644
--- a/src/modules/channeldb.c
+++ b/src/modules/channeldb.c
@@ -211,12 +211,12 @@ int write_channeldb(void)
 	W_SAFE(write_data(fd, &channeldb_version, sizeof(channeldb_version)));
 
 	/* First, count +P channels and write the count to the database */
-	for (chptr = channel; chptr; chptr=chptr->nextch)
+	for (chptr = channels; chptr; chptr=chptr->nextch)
 		if (has_channel_mode(chptr, 'P'))
 			cnt++;
 	W_SAFE(write_int64(fd, cnt));
 
-	for (chptr = channel; chptr; chptr=chptr->nextch)
+	for (chptr = channels; chptr; chptr=chptr->nextch)
 	{
 		/* We only care about +P (persistent) channels */
 		if (has_channel_mode(chptr, 'P'))
diff --git a/src/modules/extbans/timedban.c b/src/modules/extbans/timedban.c
index 1e1614e3e..5081c0957 100644
--- a/src/modules/extbans/timedban.c
+++ b/src/modules/extbans/timedban.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ EVENT(timedban_timeout)
 	if (++current_iteration >= TIMEDBAN_TIMER_ITERATION_SPLIT)
 		current_iteration = 0;
 
-	for (chptr = channel; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
+	for (chptr = channels; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
 	{
 		/* This is a very quick check, at the cost of it being
 		 * biased since there's always a tendency of more channel
diff --git a/src/modules/md.c b/src/modules/md.c
index b43c4048b..f5c516fb3 100644
--- a/src/modules/md.c
+++ b/src/modules/md.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ void _send_moddata_members(Client *srv)
 	Channel *chptr;
 	Client *client;
 
-	for (chptr = channel; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
+	for (chptr = channels; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
 	{
 		Member *m;
 		for (m = chptr->members; m; m = m->next)
diff --git a/src/modules/server.c b/src/modules/server.c
index 8d9b1b360..4bd6edd5a 100644
--- a/src/modules/server.c
+++ b/src/modules/server.c
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ int	server_sync(Client *cptr, ConfigItem_link *aconf)
 	 */
 	{
 		Channel *chptr;
-		for (chptr = channel; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
+		for (chptr = channels; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
 		{
 			if (!SupportSJOIN(cptr))
 				send_channel_modes(cptr, chptr);
diff --git a/src/modules/stats.c b/src/modules/stats.c
index 605f242c9..67411ec8f 100644
--- a/src/modules/stats.c
+++ b/src/modules/stats.c
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ int stats_mem(Client *client, char *para)
 	lcm = lc * sizeof(Client)+sizeof(LocalClient);
 	rcm = rc * sizeof(Client);
 
-	for (chptr = channel; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
+	for (chptr = channels; chptr; chptr = chptr->nextch)
 	{
 		Member *member;