diff --git a/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/polars_object_store.rs b/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/polars_object_store.rs
index ceb82488fa09..0453ab65f22b 100644
--- a/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/polars_object_store.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/polars_object_store.rs
@@ -319,12 +319,12 @@ fn merge_ranges(ranges: &[Range<usize>]) -> impl Iterator<Item = (Range<usize>,
                 };
 
                 let should_merge = is_overlapping || {
-                    let leq_existing_chunk_size_dist = new_merged.len().abs_diff(chunk_size)
+                    let leq_current_dist_to_chunk_size = new_merged.len().abs_diff(chunk_size)
                         <= current_merged_range.len().abs_diff(chunk_size);
                     let gap_tolerance =
                         (current_n_bytes.max(range.len()) / 8).clamp(1024 * 1024, 8 * 1024 * 1024);
 
-                    leq_existing_chunk_size_dist && distance <= gap_tolerance
+                    leq_current_dist_to_chunk_size && distance <= gap_tolerance
                 };
 
                 if should_merge {