diff --git a/netlib/tcp.py b/netlib/tcp.py
index 61209d64b..de12102ef 100644
--- a/netlib/tcp.py
+++ b/netlib/tcp.py
@@ -872,10 +872,10 @@ class TCPServer(object):
         self.socket.bind(self.address())
         self.address = Address.wrap(self.socket.getsockname())
         self.socket.listen(self.request_queue_size)
-        self.counter = Counter()
+        self.handler_counter = Counter()
 
     def connection_thread(self, connection, client_address):
-        with self.counter:
+        with self.handler_counter:
             client_address = Address(client_address)
             try:
                 self.handle_client_connection(connection, client_address)
diff --git a/pathod/test.py b/pathod/test.py
index b10e92298..114627296 100644
--- a/pathod/test.py
+++ b/pathod/test.py
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ class Daemon:
             if time.time() - start >= timeout:
                 raise TimeoutError(
                     "%s service threads still alive" %
-                    self.thread.server.counter.count
+                    self.thread.server.handler_counter.count
                 )
-            if self.thread.server.counter.count == 0:
+            if self.thread.server.handler_counter.count == 0:
                 return
 
     def expect_log(self, n, timeout=5):