diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_links/service.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_links/service.py
index de78e82cd6160a22ba0cd59b9350d56a42e92662..f2255991d5d590b19627ecd630ea0cd42b04ee08 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_links/service.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_links/service.py
@@ -257,11 +257,11 @@ class _Kernel(object):
             termination = None
           else:
             termination = links.Ticket.Termination.COMPLETION
-          ticket = links.Ticket(
+          early_read_ticket = links.Ticket(
               call, rpc_state.sequence_number, None, None, None, None, None,
               None, payload, None, None, None, termination, None)
           rpc_state.sequence_number += 1
-          self._relay.add_value(ticket)
+          self._relay.add_value(early_read_ticket)
 
       if ticket.payload is not None:
         call.write(rpc_state.response_serializer(ticket.payload), call)