diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-mime-parts.el b/mu4e/mu4e-mime-parts.el
index 47c00b42..2ddea250 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e-mime-parts.el
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e-mime-parts.el
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ See `mu4e--uniquify-file-name' for an example."
 
 ;; remember the mime-handles, so we can clean them up when
 ;; we quit this buffer.
-(defvar-local mu4e~gnus-article-mime-handles nil)
-(put 'mu4e~gnus-article-mime-handles 'permanent-local t)
+(defvar-local mu4e--view-gnus-article-mime-handles nil)
+(put 'mu4e--view-gnus-article-mime-handles 'permanent-local t)
 
 (defun mu4e--view-kill-mime-handles ()
   "Kill cached MIME-handles, if any."
-  (when mu4e~gnus-article-mime-handles
-    (mm-destroy-parts mu4e~gnus-article-mime-handles)
-    (setq mu4e~gnus-article-mime-handles nil)))
+  (when mu4e--view-gnus-article-mime-handles
+    (mm-destroy-parts mu4e--view-gnus-article-mime-handles)
+    (setq mu4e--view-gnus-article-mime-handles nil)))
 
 ;;; MIME-parts
 (defvar-local mu4e--view-mime-parts nil
diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-view.el b/mu4e/mu4e-view.el
index cd946442..fdbeca75 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e-view.el
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e-view.el
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ activates URLs (in plain-text mode only)."
           (unless (mu4e--view-html-displayed-p)
             (mu4e--view-activate-urls))
           (kill-local-variable 'bookmark-make-record-function)
-          (setq mu4e~gnus-article-mime-handles gnus-article-mime-handles
+          (setq mu4e--gnus-article-mime-handles gnus-article-mime-handles
                 gnus-article-decoded-p gnus-article-decode-hook)
           (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
           (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook #'mu4e--view-kill-mime-handles))