diff --git a/ase/awk/run.c b/ase/awk/run.c
index e9745e3a..a447f743 100644
--- a/ase/awk/run.c
+++ b/ase/awk/run.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ int ase_awk_run (ase_awk_t* awk,
 	n = run_main (run, main, runarg);
 	if (n == -1) 
 	{
-		if (awk->errnum == ASE_AWK_ENOERR) 
+		if (run->errnum == ASE_AWK_ENOERR) 
 		{
 			/* an error is returned with no error number set.
 			 * this feature is used by eval_expression to