diff --git a/src/runtime2/connector.rs b/src/runtime2/connector.rs
index 943e149661563948bd38169e4e07b8c0ddd74a11..bdda7503cfdd8efaac4edfa57a0e2365ff67c1cc 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/connector.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/connector.rs
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ impl ConnectorPDL {
                     // Note: we only know that a branch is waiting on a message when
                     // it reaches the `get` call. But we might have already received
                     // a message that targets this branch, so check now.
-                    let mut any_branch_received = false;
+                    let mut any_message_received = false;
                     for message in comp_ctx.get_read_data_messages(port_id) {
                         if self.consensus.branch_can_receive(branch_id, &message.sync_header, &message.data_header, &message.content) {
                             // This branch can receive the message, so we do the
@@ -253,11 +253,11 @@ impl ConnectorPDL {
                             self.consensus.notify_of_received_message(receiving_branch_id, &message.sync_header, &message.data_header, &message.content);
                             self.tree.push_into_queue(QueueKind::Runnable, receiving_branch_id);
 
-                            any_branch_received = true;
+                            any_message_received = true;
                         }
                     }
 
-                    if any_branch_received {
+                    if any_message_received {
                         return ConnectorScheduling::Immediate;
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ impl ConnectorPDL {
                 if consistency == Consistency::Valid {
                     branch.sync_state = SpeculativeState::ReachedSyncEnd;
                     self.tree.push_into_queue(QueueKind::FinishedSync, branch_id);
-                } else if consistency == Consistency::Inconsistent {
+                } else {
                     branch.sync_state = SpeculativeState::Inconsistent;
                 }
             },