diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b7e7c25b9e3..801d9084a2d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7011,7 +7011,7 @@ else
   cat > conftest.c <<EOF
                   int foo __attribute__ ((visibility ("hidden"))) = 1;
 EOF
-                  ac_cv_visibility_attribute=no
+                  ac_cv_visibility_hidden=no
                   if ${CC-cc} -Werror -S conftest.c -o conftest.s >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                     if grep '\.hidden.*foo' conftest.s >/dev/null; then
                       ac_cv_visibility_hidden=yes
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a559c17e25d..c7155b899a4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ if test "$GNU_CC"; then
                  [cat > conftest.c <<EOF
                   int foo __attribute__ ((visibility ("hidden"))) = 1;
 EOF
-                  ac_cv_visibility_attribute=no
+                  ac_cv_visibility_hidden=no
                   if ${CC-cc} -Werror -S conftest.c -o conftest.s >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                     if grep '\.hidden.*foo' conftest.s >/dev/null; then
                       ac_cv_visibility_hidden=yes