1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 7790b6638f2..df7d28e802e 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ error (m, a1, a2, a3)
 
   while (1)
     {
-      int used = doprnt (buf, size, m, m + mlen, 3, args);
+      int used = doprnt (buffer, size, m, m + mlen, 3, args);
       if (used < size)
         break;
       size *= 2;
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ error (m, a1, a2, a3)
         }
     }
 
-  string = build_string (buf);
+  string = build_string (buffer);
   if (allocated)
     free (buffer);