diff --git a/lib/base/utility.cpp b/lib/base/utility.cpp
index 6e8bdd1f3..9ae1af459 100644
--- a/lib/base/utility.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/utility.cpp
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ tm Utility::LocalTime(time_t ts)
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 	tm *result = localtime(&ts);
 
-	if (temp == NULL) {
+	if (result == NULL) {
 		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(posix_error()
 		    << boost::errinfo_api_function("localtime")
 		    << boost::errinfo_errno(errno));
@@ -768,4 +768,4 @@ tm Utility::LocalTime(time_t ts)
 
 	return result;
 #endif /* _MSC_VER */
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}