diff --git a/src/sacctmgr/common.c b/src/sacctmgr/common.c
index 7f3fe33315b67a61dd9cc05a964eeefbefd0837b..7ec81355124c401de549bca8873924fd021efc14 100644
--- a/src/sacctmgr/common.c
+++ b/src/sacctmgr/common.c
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ extern void sacctmgr_print_qos_limits(slurmdb_qos_rec_t *qos)
 		char *temp_char = xstrtolower(
 			preempt_mode_string(qos->preempt_mode));
 		if (temp_char) {
-			printf("  PreemptMode    = %s\n", tmp_char);
+			printf("  PreemptMode    = %s\n", temp_char);
 			xfree(temp_char);
 		}
 	}