diff --git a/handlers/dup.in b/handlers/dup.in
index 54b77097ed5899f5530d0990dbdc1c21f0dbd31d..59aa90a424cd24469dad2110d50e0a87a2c7f858 100644
--- a/handlers/dup.in
+++ b/handlers/dup.in
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ duplicity_sub="`echo $duplicity_version | @AWK@ -F '.' '{print $3}'`"
 
 scpoptions="$sshoptions"
 if [ "$bandwidthlimit" != 0 ]; then
-   [ -z "$testurl" ] || warning 'The bandwidthlimit option is not used when desturl is set.'
+   [ -z "$desturl" ] || warning 'The bandwidthlimit option is not used when desturl is set.'
    scpoptions="$scpoptions -l $bandwidthlimit"
 fi