diff --git a/plugins/in_syslog/syslog.c b/plugins/in_syslog/syslog.c
index 0bd14894f2d..d13afd29ef8 100644
--- a/plugins/in_syslog/syslog.c
+++ b/plugins/in_syslog/syslog.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
      "Set the parser"
     },
     {
-      FLB_CONFIG_MAP_SIZE, "buffer_rcv_size", (char *)NULL,
-      0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_syslog, buffer_rcv_size),
+      FLB_CONFIG_MAP_SIZE, "receive_buffer_size", (char *)NULL,
+      0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_syslog, receive_buffer_size),
       "Set the socket receiving buffer size"
     },
     /* EOF */
diff --git a/plugins/in_syslog/syslog.h b/plugins/in_syslog/syslog.h
index 987de013cfc..0962db9a2ef 100644
--- a/plugins/in_syslog/syslog.h
+++ b/plugins/in_syslog/syslog.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct flb_syslog {
     flb_sds_t unix_path;
     flb_sds_t unix_perm_str;
     unsigned int unix_perm;
-    size_t buffer_rcv_size;
+    size_t receive_buffer_size;
 
     /* UDP buffer, data length and buffer size */
         // char *buffer_data;
diff --git a/plugins/in_syslog/syslog_conf.c b/plugins/in_syslog/syslog_conf.c
index b9c10336324..064f26a91f3 100644
--- a/plugins/in_syslog/syslog_conf.c
+++ b/plugins/in_syslog/syslog_conf.c
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ struct flb_syslog *syslog_conf_create(struct flb_input_instance *ins,
     }
 
     /* Socket rcv buffer size */
-    if (ctx->buffer_rcv_size == -1 || ctx->buffer_rcv_size>INT_MAX) {
-        flb_plg_error(ins, "invalid buffer_rcv_size");
+    if (ctx->receive_buffer_size == -1 || ctx->receive_buffer_size>INT_MAX) {
+        flb_plg_error(ins, "invalid receive_buffer_size");
         flb_free(ctx);
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/in_syslog/syslog_server.c b/plugins/in_syslog/syslog_server.c
index aa23619623d..58c0797c824 100644
--- a/plugins/in_syslog/syslog_server.c
+++ b/plugins/in_syslog/syslog_server.c
@@ -166,10 +166,11 @@ static int syslog_server_net_create(struct flb_syslog *ctx)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (ctx->buffer_rcv_size) {
-        if (flb_net_socket_rcv_buffer(ctx->downstream->server_fd, ctx->buffer_rcv_size)) {
+    if (ctx->receive_buffer_size) {
+        if (flb_net_socket_rcv_buffer(ctx->downstream->server_fd,
+                                      ctx->receive_buffer_size)) {
             flb_error("[in_syslog] could not set rcv buffer to %ld. Aborting",
-                      ctx->buffer_rcv_size);
+                      ctx->receive_buffer_size);
             return -1;
         }
     }