diff --git a/pythonforandroid/build.py b/pythonforandroid/build.py
index fc9545df83..dbb47527b6 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/build.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/build.py
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def prepare_build_environment(self,
                 info('Got NDK version from from user argument: {}'.format(ndk_ver))
         if ndk_ver is None:
             ndk_ver = environ.get('ANDROIDNDKVER', None)
-            if ndk_dir is not None:
+            if ndk_ver is not None:
                 info('Got NDK version from $ANDROIDNDKVER: {}'.format(ndk_ver))
 
         self.ndk = 'google'