diff --git a/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.cpp b/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.cpp
index 349f1b034..9658b0fb5 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Calamares::JobResult SetHostNameJob::exec()
     hostfile.close();
 
     QFile hostsfile( destDir + "/etc/hosts" );
-    if ( !hostfile.open( QFile::WriteOnly ) )
+    if ( !hostsfile.open( QFile::WriteOnly ) )
     {
         cLog() << "Can't write to hosts file";
         return Calamares::JobResult::error( tr( "Cannot write hostname to target system" ) );