diff --git a/tests/churn-rsync.lua b/tests/churn-rsync.lua
index 09e414e..dfa0614 100755
--- a/tests/churn-rsync.lua
+++ b/tests/churn-rsync.lua
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ else
 	cwriteln( 'Signal terminating diff = ', code )
 end
 
-if exitcode ~= 0
+if code ~= 0
 then
 	os.exit( 1 )
 else