diff --git a/include/occa/core/base.hpp b/include/occa/core/base.hpp
index 684bc00b5..6e48f6267 100644
--- a/include/occa/core/base.hpp
+++ b/include/occa/core/base.hpp
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@ namespace occa {
                             const occa::json &props);
 
   void memcpy(memory dest, const void *src,
-              const dim_t bytes = -1,
+              const dim_t count = -1,
               const dim_t offset = 0,
               const occa::json &props = json());
 
   void memcpy(void *dest, memory src,
-              const dim_t bytes = -1,
+              const dim_t count = -1,
               const dim_t offset = 0,
               const occa::json &props = json());
 
   void memcpy(memory dest, memory src,
-              const dim_t bytes = -1,
+              const dim_t count = -1,
               const dim_t destOffset = 0,
               const dim_t srcOffset = 0,
               const occa::json &props = json());
diff --git a/src/core/base.cpp b/src/core/base.cpp
index 4de8eb1c1..ecff293ff 100644
--- a/src/core/base.cpp
+++ b/src/core/base.cpp
@@ -152,28 +152,28 @@ namespace occa {
   }
 
   void memcpy(memory dest, const void *src,
-              const dim_t bytes,
+              const dim_t count,
               const dim_t offset,
               const occa::json &props) {
 
-    dest.copyFrom(src, bytes, offset, props);
+    dest.copyFrom(src, count, offset, props);
   }
 
   void memcpy(void *dest, memory src,
-              const dim_t bytes,
+              const dim_t count,
               const dim_t offset,
               const occa::json &props) {
 
-    src.copyTo(dest, bytes, offset, props);
+    src.copyTo(dest, count, offset, props);
   }
 
   void memcpy(memory dest, memory src,
-              const dim_t bytes,
+              const dim_t count,
               const dim_t destOffset,
               const dim_t srcOffset,
               const occa::json &props) {
 
-    dest.copyFrom(src, bytes, destOffset, srcOffset, props);
+    dest.copyFrom(src, count, destOffset, srcOffset, props);
   }
 
   void memcpy(memory dest, const void *src,