diff --git a/bin/tests/system/ednscompliance/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/ednscompliance/tests.sh
index 2a5a246eae..6bd7dafcda 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/ednscompliance/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/ednscompliance/tests.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ret=0 reason=
 $DIG $DIGOPTS  @10.53.0.1 +edns=100 +noednsnegotiation soa $zone > dig.out$n
 grep "status: BADVERS," dig.out$n > /dev/null || { ret=1; reason="status"; }
 grep "EDNS: version: 0," dig.out$n > /dev/null || { ret=1; reason="version"; }
-grep "IN.SOA." dig.out$n > /dev/null && { ret=1; reasons="soa"; }
+grep "IN.SOA." dig.out$n > /dev/null && { ret=1; reason="soa"; }
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed $reason"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`