diff --git a/utils/new_module b/utils/new_module
index 2b681966acf258280a66b4d9de2f8fba11138d17..60b50925ef84b55e314077a48ccfdd158b2ea124 100755
--- a/utils/new_module
+++ b/utils/new_module
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if [ -z "$name" ] || [ -z "$author" ] || [ -z "$email" ] || [ -z "$github_user"
     [ -z "$name" ] && echo "ERROR: name is not valid"
     [ -z "$author" ] && echo "ERROR: author is not valid"
     [ -z "$email" ] && echo "ERROR: email is not valid"
-    [ -z "$githubuser" ] && echo "ERROR: github_user is not valid"
+    [ -z "$github_user" ] && echo "ERROR: github_user is not valid"
     echo
     usage;
     exit 1;