diff --git a/src/backend/dbi/gnc-backend-dbi.c b/src/backend/dbi/gnc-backend-dbi.c
index 29bd82dbeb0..824486a526c 100644
--- a/src/backend/dbi/gnc-backend-dbi.c
+++ b/src/backend/dbi/gnc-backend-dbi.c
@@ -3327,7 +3327,7 @@ conn_test_dbi_library( dbi_conn conn )
     memset( doublestr, 0, sizeof(doublestr));
 
     result = dbi_conn_query (conn, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS numtest;");
-    result = dbi_conn_query (con, "CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE numtest "
+    result = dbi_conn_query (conn, "CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE numtest "
                              "( test_int BIGINT, test_unsigned BIGINT,"
                              " test_double FLOAT8 )");
     if ( result == NULL )