diff --git a/recipes/tests/relibc-tests-bins/recipe.toml b/recipes/tests/relibc-tests-bins/recipe.toml
index 80dfd9f6a..1d3d80bf2 100644
--- a/recipes/tests/relibc-tests-bins/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tests/relibc-tests-bins/recipe.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
-if [ -n "TESTBIN" ]; then
+if [ -n "$TESTBIN" ]; then
 if [[ -f "${EXPECTSRC}/$TESTBIN.stdout" ]]; then
 "${COOKBOOK_REDOXER}" write-exec sh -c "cd /root/relibc-tests; relibc-tests ./$TESTBIN"
 else