diff --git a/include/openmc/settings.h b/include/openmc/settings.h
index 3407eadf4b..8cee3c72ab 100644
--- a/include/openmc/settings.h
+++ b/include/openmc/settings.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ extern "C" std::string path_statepoint;   //!< path to a statepoint file
 
 extern "C" int32_t n_batches;                //!< number of (inactive+active) batches
 extern "C" int32_t n_inactive;               //!< number of inactive batches
-extern "C" int32_t n_max_lost_particles;     //!< maximum number of lost particles
+extern "C" int32_t max_lost_particles;     //!< maximum number of lost particles
 extern double relative_max_lost_particles;   //!< maximum number of lost particles, relative to the total number of particles
 extern "C" int32_t gen_per_batch;            //!< number of generations per batch
 extern "C" int64_t n_particles;              //!< number of particles per generation
diff --git a/openmc/lib/settings.py b/openmc/lib/settings.py
index 8345e00881..fa72e13234 100644
--- a/openmc/lib/settings.py
+++ b/openmc/lib/settings.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class _Settings(object):
     entropy_on = _DLLGlobal(c_bool, 'entropy_on')
     generations_per_batch = _DLLGlobal(c_int32, 'gen_per_batch')
     inactive = _DLLGlobal(c_int32, 'n_inactive')
-    max_lost_particles = _DLLGlobal(c_int32, 'n_max_lost_particles')
+    max_lost_particles = _DLLGlobal(c_int32, 'max_lost_particles')
     rel_max_lost_particles = _DLLGlobal(c_double, 'relative_max_lost_particles')
     particles = _DLLGlobal(c_int64, 'n_particles')
     restart_run = _DLLGlobal(c_bool, 'restart_run')
diff --git a/src/particle.cpp b/src/particle.cpp
index 79e6625771..7e98b2ce67 100644
--- a/src/particle.cpp
+++ b/src/particle.cpp
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ Particle::mark_as_lost(const char* message)
 
   // Abort the simulation if the maximum number of lost particles has been
   // reached
-  if (simulation::n_lost_particles >= settings::n_max_lost_particles &&
+  if (simulation::n_lost_particles >= settings::max_lost_particles &&
       simulation::n_lost_particles >= settings::relative_max_lost_particles*n) {
     fatal_error("Maximum number of lost particles has been reached.");
   }
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index d72e5f17f7..933f9a2172 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ std::string path_statepoint;
 
 int32_t n_batches;
 int32_t n_inactive {0};
-int32_t n_max_lost_particles {10};
+int32_t max_lost_particles {10};
 double relative_max_lost_particles {1.0e-6};
 int32_t gen_per_batch {1};
 int64_t n_particles {-1};
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void get_run_parameters(pugi::xml_node node_base)
 
   // Get max number of lost particles
   if (check_for_node(node_base, "max_lost_particles")) {
-    n_max_lost_particles = std::stoi(get_node_value(node_base, "max_lost_particles"));
+    max_lost_particles = std::stoi(get_node_value(node_base, "max_lost_particles"));
   }  
 
   // Get relative number of lost particles
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ void read_settings_xml()
       fatal_error("Number of inactive batches must be non-negative.");
     } else if (n_particles <= 0) {
       fatal_error("Number of particles must be greater than zero.");
-    } else if (n_max_lost_particles <= 0) {
+    } else if (max_lost_particles <= 0) {
       fatal_error("Number of max lost particles must be greater than zero.");
     } else if (relative_max_lost_particles <= 0.0 || relative_max_lost_particles >= 1.0) {
       fatal_error("Relative max lost particles must be between zero and one.");