diff --git a/support/atomic-rsync b/support/atomic-rsync
index 64967367..33a493c2 100755
--- a/support/atomic-rsync
+++ b/support/atomic-rsync
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if (system($RSYNC_PROG, "--link-dest=$dest_dir", @ARGV)) {
     exit $?;
 }
 
-rename($dest_dir, $old_dir) or die "Unable to rename $new_dir to $old_dir: $!";
+rename($dest_dir, $old_dir) or die "Unable to rename $dest_dir to $old_dir: $!";
 rename($new_dir, $dest_dir) or die "Unable to rename $new_dir to $dest_dir: $!";
 
 exit;