diff --git a/recovery.go b/recovery.go
index fdd463f3..06da69e8 100644
--- a/recovery.go
+++ b/recovery.go
@@ -54,38 +54,38 @@ func CustomRecoveryWithWriter(out io.Writer, handle RecoveryFunc) HandlerFunc {
 	}
 	return func(c *Context) {
 		defer func() {
-			if err := recover(); err != nil {
+			if rec := recover(); rec != nil {
 				// Check for a broken connection, as it is not really a
 				// condition that warrants a panic stack trace.
-				var brokenPipe bool
-				if ne, ok := err.(*net.OpError); ok {
+				var isBrokenPipeOrConnReset bool
+				if ne, ok := rec.(*net.OpError); ok {
 					var se *os.SyscallError
 					if errors.As(ne, &se) {
 						seStr := strings.ToLower(se.Error())
 						if strings.Contains(seStr, "broken pipe") ||
 							strings.Contains(seStr, "connection reset by peer") {
-							brokenPipe = true
+							isBrokenPipeOrConnReset = true
 						}
 					}
 				}
 				if logger != nil {
 					const stackSkip = 3
-					if brokenPipe {
-						logger.Printf("%s\n%s%s", err, secureRequestDump(c.Request), reset)
+					if isBrokenPipeOrConnReset {
+						logger.Printf("%s\n%s%s", rec, secureRequestDump(c.Request), reset)
 					} else if IsDebugging() {
 						logger.Printf("[Recovery] %s panic recovered:\n%s\n%s\n%s%s",
-							timeFormat(time.Now()), secureRequestDump(c.Request), err, stack(stackSkip), reset)
+							timeFormat(time.Now()), secureRequestDump(c.Request), rec, stack(stackSkip), reset)
 					} else {
 						logger.Printf("[Recovery] %s panic recovered:\n%s\n%s%s",
-							timeFormat(time.Now()), err, stack(stackSkip), reset)
+							timeFormat(time.Now()), rec, stack(stackSkip), reset)
 					}
 				}
-				if brokenPipe {
+				if isBrokenPipeOrConnReset {
 					// If the connection is dead, we can't write a status to it.
-					c.Error(err.(error)) //nolint: errcheck
+					c.Error(rec.(error)) //nolint: errcheck
 					c.Abort()
 				} else {
-					handle(c, err)
+					handle(c, rec)
 				}
 			}
 		}()