diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6fe366c6..a58eb5e9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ void foo (void) {
 		foo();
 	}
 ], [je_cv_gcc_builtin_unreachable])
-if test "x${je_cv_gcc_builtin_ffsl}" = "xyes" ; then
+if test "x${je_cv_gcc_builtin_unreachable}" = "xyes" ; then
   AC_DEFINE([JEMALLOC_INTERNAL_UNREACHABLE], [__builtin_unreachable])
 else
   AC_DEFINE([JEMALLOC_INTERNAL_UNREACHABLE], [abort])