diff --git a/pkg/chart/loader/archive/budget.go b/pkg/chart/loader/archive/budget.go
index 60a4bdec2..3f9b90e4a 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/loader/archive/budget.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/loader/archive/budget.go
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ type BudgetedReader struct {
 
 // NewBudgetedReader creates a BudgetedReader with the given maximum total size.
 // The remaining budget is initialized to the maximum.
-func NewBudgetedReader(max int64) *BudgetedReader {
+func NewBudgetedReader(limit int64) *BudgetedReader {
 	return &BudgetedReader{
-		max:       max,
-		remaining: max,
+		max:       limit,
+		remaining: limit,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/chart/loader/archive/budget_test.go b/pkg/chart/loader/archive/budget_test.go
index 877664f19..f37f78687 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/loader/archive/budget_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/loader/archive/budget_test.go
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ func TestReadFileWithBudget(t *testing.T) {
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Fatalf("failed to stat %s: %v", p, err)
 				}
-				max := int64(1000)
+				limit := int64(1000)
 
-				br := NewBudgetedReader(max)
+				br := NewBudgetedReader(limit)
 				data, err := br.ReadFileWithBudget(p, fi.Size())
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ func TestReadFileWithBudget(t *testing.T) {
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Fatalf("failed to stat %s: %v", p, err)
 				}
-				max := int64(100)
+				limit := int64(100)
 
-				br := NewBudgetedReader(max)
+				br := NewBudgetedReader(limit)
 				_, err = br.ReadFileWithBudget(p, fi.Size())
 				if err == nil {
 					t.Fatal("expected error for file exceeding budget")
 				}
-				expectedErr := fmt.Sprintf("chart exceeds maximum decompressed size of %d bytes", max)
+				expectedErr := fmt.Sprintf("chart exceeds maximum decompressed size of %d bytes", limit)
 				if err.Error() != expectedErr {
 					t.Fatalf("expected %q, got %q", expectedErr, err.Error())
 				}