diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m b/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m
index ac7423a..6db5f70 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFJSONRequestOperation.m
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static dispatch_queue_t json_request_operation_processing_queue() {
             dispatch_async(json_request_operation_processing_queue(), ^{
                 id JSON = self.responseJSON;
 
-                if (self.JSONError) {
+                if (self.error) {
                     if (failure) {
                         dispatch_async(self.failureCallbackQueue ?: dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                             failure(self, self.error);