diff --git a/awx/sso/backends.py b/awx/sso/backends.py
index c55f24e7de..3cc605e0aa 100644
--- a/awx/sso/backends.py
+++ b/awx/sso/backends.py
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@ def on_populate_user(sender, **kwargs):
             logger.warning('LDAP user {} has {} > max {} characters'.format(user.username, field, max_len))
 
     org_map = getattr(backend.settings, 'ORGANIZATION_MAP', {})
-    team_map = getattr(backend.settings, 'TEAM_MAP', {})
+    team_map_settings = getattr(backend.settings, 'TEAM_MAP', {})
     orgs_list = list(org_map.keys())
     team_map = {}
-    for team_name, team_opts in team_map.items():
+    for team_name, team_opts in team_map_settings.items():
         if not team_opts.get('organization', None):
             # You can't save the LDAP config in the UI w/o an org (or '' or null as the org) so if we somehow got this condition its an error
             logger.error("Team named {} in LDAP team map settings is invalid due to missing organization".format(team_name))
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def on_populate_user(sender, **kwargs):
 
     # Compute in memory what the state is of the different LDAP teams
     desired_team_states = {}
-    for team_name, team_opts in team_map.items():
+    for team_name, team_opts in team_map_settings.items():
         if 'organization' not in team_opts:
             continue
         users_opts = team_opts.get('users', None)