diff --git a/core/include/sched.h b/core/include/sched.h
index 67c85fa2036fbfe50dfa3a91ea353347bc398a1a..ee3b650cccbcd78a65017157608ea0a50e08cad4 100644
--- a/core/include/sched.h
+++ b/core/include/sched.h
@@ -183,12 +183,12 @@ typedef struct {
                                   scheduled to run */
     unsigned int schedules;  /**< How often the thread was scheduled to run */
     uint64_t runtime_ticks;  /**< The total runtime of this thread in ticks */
-} schedstat;
+} schedstat_t;
 
 /**
  *  Thread statistics table
  */
-extern schedstat sched_pidlist[KERNEL_PID_LAST + 1];
+extern schedstat_t sched_pidlist[KERNEL_PID_LAST + 1];
 
 /**
  *  @brief  Register a callback that will be called on every scheduler run
diff --git a/core/kernel_init.c b/core/kernel_init.c
index 7d4f3ebc353411434420b972c276244ea3b23bb4..1b153b38ad276c51081d554a480c5c85b1f46dc5 100644
--- a/core/kernel_init.c
+++ b/core/kernel_init.c
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ static void *main_trampoline(void *arg)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef MODULE_SCHEDSTATISTICS
-    schedstat *stat = &sched_pidlist[thread_getpid()];
-    stat->laststart = 0;
+    schedstat_t *ss = &sched_pidlist[thread_getpid()];
+    ss->laststart = 0;
 #endif
 
     LOG_INFO("main(): This is RIOT! (Version: " RIOT_VERSION ")\n");
diff --git a/core/sched.c b/core/sched.c
index 0bd9e0e31771744cb0f2efa31205f8d4da565b2c..d78f1e0dcafb51c9f5a3c6001a6a763124685f62 100644
--- a/core/sched.c
+++ b/core/sched.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const uint8_t _tcb_name_offset = offsetof(thread_t, name);
 
 #ifdef MODULE_SCHEDSTATISTICS
 static void (*sched_cb) (uint32_t timestamp, uint32_t value) = NULL;
-schedstat sched_pidlist[KERNEL_PID_LAST + 1];
+schedstat_t sched_pidlist[KERNEL_PID_LAST + 1];
 #endif
 
 int __attribute__((used)) sched_run(void)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int __attribute__((used)) sched_run(void)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef MODULE_SCHEDSTATISTICS
-        schedstat *active_stat = &sched_pidlist[active_thread->pid];
+        schedstat_t *active_stat = &sched_pidlist[active_thread->pid];
         if (active_stat->laststart) {
             active_stat->runtime_ticks += now - active_stat->laststart;
         }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int __attribute__((used)) sched_run(void)
     }
 
 #ifdef MODULE_SCHEDSTATISTICS
-    schedstat *next_stat = &sched_pidlist[next_thread->pid];
+    schedstat_t *next_stat = &sched_pidlist[next_thread->pid];
     next_stat->laststart = now;
     next_stat->schedules++;
     if (sched_cb) {