diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
index ef1838230291..9d0727d18aee 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     ofd = 1;
     if (i < argc) {
 	ofd = open(argv[i++], O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
-	if (fd == -1) {
+	if (ofd == -1) {
 	    perror("open");
 	    exit(1);
 	}