diff --git a/libmisc/xgetXXbyYY.c b/libmisc/xgetXXbyYY.c
index e977657c..78034bc0 100644
--- a/libmisc/xgetXXbyYY.c
+++ b/libmisc/xgetXXbyYY.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 			/* Build a result structure that can be freed by
 			 * the shadow *_free functions. */
 			LOOKUP_TYPE *ret_result = DUP_FUNCTION(result);
-			if (NULL == result) {
+			if (NULL == ret_result) {
 				fprintf (log_get_logfd(),
 				         _("%s: out of memory\n"),
 				         "x" STRINGIZE(FUNCTION_NAME));