diff --git a/sled-agent/src/services.rs b/sled-agent/src/services.rs
index bc5ba370da1..0f1dfefcfb4 100644
--- a/sled-agent/src/services.rs
+++ b/sled-agent/src/services.rs
@@ -3822,25 +3822,25 @@ impl ServiceManager {
         };
 
         info!(self.inner.log, "Setting up uplinkd service");
-        let smfh = SmfHelper::new(&zone, &SwitchService::Uplink);
+        let usmfh = SmfHelper::new(&zone, &SwitchService::Uplink);
 
         // We want to delete all the properties in the `uplinks` group, but we
         // don't know their names, so instead we'll delete and recreate the
         // group, then add all our properties.
-        smfh.delpropgroup("uplinks")?;
-        smfh.addpropgroup("uplinks", "application")?;
+        usmfh.delpropgroup("uplinks")?;
+        usmfh.addpropgroup("uplinks", "application")?;
 
         for port_config in &our_ports {
             for addr in &port_config.addrs {
                 info!(self.inner.log, "configuring port: {port_config:?}");
-                smfh.addpropvalue_type(
+                usmfh.addpropvalue_type(
                     &format!("uplinks/{}_0", port_config.port,),
                     &addr.to_string(),
                     "astring",
                 )?;
             }
         }
-        smfh.refresh()?;
+        usmfh.refresh()?;
 
         Ok(())
     }