diff --git a/data/gui/roster_window.ui b/data/gui/roster_window.ui
index 30b6d066af2c8bb5c0d02c53506993139067f0a5..47c07c5ab126ce67bd57e9cedd4457b3b5e1670b 100644
--- a/data/gui/roster_window.ui
+++ b/data/gui/roster_window.ui
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@
                       </object>
                     </child>
                     <child>
-                      <object class="GtkCheckMenuItem" id="show_roster_filter_menuitem">
+                      <object class="GtkCheckMenuItem" id="show_rfilter_menuitem">
                         <property name="visible">True</property>
                         <property name="events">GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK | GDK_POINTER_MOTION_HINT_MASK | GDK_BUTTON_PRESS_MASK | GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE_MASK</property>
                         <property name="label" translatable="yes">Show Roster F_ilter</property>
                         <property name="use_underline">True</property>
                         <property name="active">False</property>
                         <accelerator key="I" signal="activate" modifiers="GDK_CONTROL_MASK"/>
-                        <signal name="toggled" handler="on_show_roster_filter_menuitem_toggled"/>
+                        <signal name="toggled" handler="on_show_rfilter_menuitem_toggled"/>
                       </object>
                     </child>
                     <child>
@@ -343,15 +343,15 @@
                 <property name="events">GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK | GDK_POINTER_MOTION_HINT_MASK | GDK_BUTTON_PRESS_MASK | GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE_MASK</property>
                 <property name="orientation">vertical</property>
                 <child>
-		  <object class="GtkEntry" id="roster_filter_entry">
+		  <object class="GtkEntry" id="rfilter_entry">
 		    <property name="visible">False</property>
 		    <property name="no_show_all">True</property>
 		    <property name="editable">False</property>
 		    <property name="can_focus">True</property>
 		    <property name="primary_icon_stock">gtk-close</property>
 		    <property name="primary_icon_activatable">True</property>
-		    <signal name="changed" handler="on_roster_filter_entry_changed"/>
-		    <signal name="icon_press" handler="on_roster_filter_entry_icon_press"/>
+		    <signal name="changed" handler="on_rfilter_entry_changed"/>
+		    <signal name="icon_press" handler="on_rfilter_entry_icon_press"/>
 		  </object>
                   <packing>
                     <property name="expand">False</property>
diff --git a/src/roster_window.py b/src/roster_window.py
index 8cca8bf11b1b530ffc930801a653f72916381194..5f7ea5d2ec81d0d428f26301850eae0ed86131ee 100644
--- a/src/roster_window.py
+++ b/src/roster_window.py
@@ -1589,8 +1589,8 @@ class RosterWindow:
                             grp = delimiter.join(grp.split(delimiter)[:-1])
             return False
         if type_ == 'contact':
-            if self.roster_filter_enabled:
-                return self.roster_filter_string in model[titer][C_NAME].lower()
+            if self.rfilter_enabled:
+                return self.rfilter_string in model[titer][C_NAME].lower()
             if gajim.config.get('showoffline'):
                 return True
             bb_jid = None
@@ -4167,29 +4167,29 @@ class RosterWindow:
         if self.hpaned.get_child2() is not None:
             self.show_roster_vbox(widget.get_active())
 
-    def on_roster_filter_entry_changed(self, widget):
+    def on_rfilter_entry_changed(self, widget):
         """ When we update the content of the filter """
-        self.roster_filter_string = widget.get_text().lower()
-        if self.roster_filter_string == '':
-            self.roster_filter_enabled = False
+        self.rfilter_string = widget.get_text().lower()
+        if self.rfilter_string == '':
+            self.rfilter_enabled = False
         else:
-            self.roster_filter_enabled = True
+            self.rfilter_enabled = True
         self.refilter_shown_roster_items()
 
-    def on_roster_filter_entry_icon_press(self, widget, icon, event):
+    def on_rfilter_entry_icon_press(self, widget, icon, event):
         """ Disable the roster filtering by clicking the icon in the textEntry """
-        self.xml.get_object('show_roster_filter_menuitem').set_active(False)
-        self.roster_filter_enabled = False
+        self.xml.get_object('show_rfilter_menuitem').set_active(False)
+        self.rfilter_enabled = False
         self.refilter_shown_roster_items()
 
-    def on_show_roster_filter_menuitem_toggled(self, widget):
+    def on_show_rfilter_menuitem_toggled(self, widget):
         """ Show the roster filter entry """
-        self.roster_filter_enabled = widget.get_active()
-        self.roster_filter_entry.set_visible(self.roster_filter_enabled)
-        self.roster_filter_entry.set_editable(self.roster_filter_enabled)
-        if self.roster_filter_enabled:
-            self.roster_filter_entry.set_text('')
-            self.roster_filter_entry.grab_focus()
+        self.rfilter_enabled = widget.get_active()
+        self.rfilter_entry.set_visible(self.rfilter_enabled)
+        self.rfilter_entry.set_editable(self.rfilter_enabled)
+        if self.rfilter_enabled:
+            self.rfilter_entry.set_text('')
+            self.rfilter_entry.grab_focus()
 
     def on_roster_hpaned_notify(self, pane, gparamspec):
         """
@@ -6372,9 +6372,9 @@ class RosterWindow:
             gtk.keysyms.n, gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK, gtk.ACCEL_VISIBLE)
 
         # Setting the search stuff
-        self.roster_filter_entry = self.xml.get_object('roster_filter_entry')
-        self.roster_filter_string = ''
-        self.roster_filter_enabled = False
+        self.rfilter_entry = self.xml.get_object('rfilter_entry')
+        self.rfilter_string = ''
+        self.rfilter_enabled = False
 
         gajim.ged.register_event_handler('presence-received', ged.GUI1,
             self._nec_presence_received)