diff --git a/Modules/_tracemalloc.c b/Modules/_tracemalloc.c
index fc91622d3925b8..04f6c243b5ca4d 100644
--- a/Modules/_tracemalloc.c
+++ b/Modules/_tracemalloc.c
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ tracemalloc_copy_trace(_Py_hashtable_t *traces,
     trace_t *trace = (trace_t *)value;
 
     trace_t *trace2 = raw_malloc(sizeof(trace_t));
-    if (traces2 == NULL) {
+    if (trace2 == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
     *trace2 = *trace;