1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
index f8503f2d07f..3d2f477962c 100644
--- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ and use this command with a prefix argument (the value does not matter)."
           (t
            (if (not (dired-check-process (concat "Compressing " file)
                                          "compress" "-f" file))
-               (concat name ".Z"))))))
+               (concat file ".Z"))))))
 
 (defun dired-mark-confirm (op-symbol arg)
   ;; Request confirmation from the user that the operation described