diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 1bd3783..02b5cc9 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -4105,7 +4105,6 @@ get_machine_data()
 			array_string="$array_string$separator$file_data"
 			separator=','
 		done
-		
 	fi
 	IFS=','
 	A_MACHINE_DATA=( $array_string )
@@ -4506,7 +4505,7 @@ get_optical_drive_data()
 	# get the actual disk dev location:
 	local dev_disks_real=$( ls /dev/dvd* /dev/cd* /dev/scd* 2>/dev/null | xargs -l readlink | sort -u )
 	local temp_array='' dev_disks_links='' sys_uevent_path='' proc_cdrom='' link_list=''
-	local separator='' linked='' disk='' item_string='' cpuinfo_string=''
+	local separator='' linked='' disk='' item_string='' proc_info_string=''
 	
 	# A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA indexes: not going to use all these, but it's just as easy to build the full
 	# data array and use what we need from it as to update it later to add features or items
@@ -4548,6 +4547,7 @@ get_optical_drive_data()
 			separator=''
 			vendor=''
 			model=''
+			proc_info_string=''
 			rev_number=''
 			state=""
 			sys_path=''
@@ -4579,7 +4579,7 @@ get_optical_drive_data()
 			fi
 			# this needs to run no matter if there's proc data or not to create the array comma list
 			if [[ $B_SHOW_FULL_OPTICAL == 'true' ]];then
-				cpuinfo_string=$( gawk -v diskId=$disk '
+				proc_info_string=$( gawk -v diskId=$disk '
 				BEGIN {
 					IGNORECASE=1
 					position=""
@@ -4635,7 +4635,7 @@ get_optical_drive_data()
 				' <<< "$proc_cdrom"
 				)
 			fi
-			item_string="$item_string,$vendor,$model,$rev_number,$cpuinfo_string,$state"
+			item_string="$item_string,$vendor,$model,$rev_number,$proc_info_string,$state"
 			echo $item_string
 		done
 		) )