diff --git a/etc/periodic/daily/220.backup-pkgdb b/etc/periodic/daily/220.backup-pkgdb
index a6b50e5b276..82bf0b3dce6 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/daily/220.backup-pkgdb
+++ b/etc/periodic/daily/220.backup-pkgdb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ case "$daily_backup_pkgdb_enable" in
 	then
 	    install -d -o root -g wheel -m 750 $bak || {
 		echo '$daily_backup_pkgdb_enable is enabled but' \
-		    "$daily_backup_pkgdb_dbdir doesn't exist" ;
+		    "$daily_backup_pkgdb_dir doesn't exist" ;
 		exit 2 ; }
 	fi