diff --git a/utils/check-style-clang-format.py b/utils/check-style-clang-format.py
index 1adeff0ad..c943b20e8 100755
--- a/utils/check-style-clang-format.py
+++ b/utils/check-style-clang-format.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def check_style(path: str,
         print('')
 
     if enable_check_tabs:
-        check_whitespace_successful = check_tabs(
+        check_tabs_successful = check_tabs(
             files_to_check_tabs, fix, n_jobs)
 
     if check_formatting_successful and \