diff --git a/tests/scripts/test058-syncrepl-asymmetric b/tests/scripts/test058-syncrepl-asymmetric
index 555a091b23..4670af6a61 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test058-syncrepl-asymmetric
+++ b/tests/scripts/test058-syncrepl-asymmetric
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 # iterations the script should perform.
 
 if test "$BACKEND" = ldif ; then
-	echo "$backend backend does not support access controls, test skipped"
+	echo "$BACKEND backend does not support access controls, test skipped"
 	exit 0
 fi