diff --git a/tools/xm-test/tests/network/11_network_domU_ping_pos.py b/tools/xm-test/tests/network/11_network_domU_ping_pos.py
index 5630ff1738..6b4c2a5e52 100644
--- a/tools/xm-test/tests/network/11_network_domU_ping_pos.py
+++ b/tools/xm-test/tests/network/11_network_domU_ping_pos.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from XmTestLib import *
 
 def netDomain(ip):
     config = {"vif"  : ["ip=%s" % ip]}
-    domain = XmTestDomain(extraConfig=config)
+    dom = XmTestDomain(extraConfig=config)
     try:
         dom.start()
     except DomainError, e: