diff --git a/bin/mergeready b/bin/mergeready
index a0a38f445..4dbe0be1d 100755
--- a/bin/mergeready
+++ b/bin/mergeready
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ for entry in ready:
         unittest = pipe(cmd).strip()
     except OSError as e:
         if "E200017" in str(e):
-            unittestt = ""
+            unittest = ""
             pass
         else:
             raise