diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3c2966134..979acdf47 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-12-23  Lukas Anzinger <l.anzinger@gmail.com>
+
+	* util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in (version_test_gt): Fix variable names.
+
 2011-12-23  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/net/net.c (grub_cmd_delroute): Add missing out condition.
diff --git a/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in b/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in
index 5a9bf90c0..f03fb2b53 100644
--- a/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in
+++ b/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ version_test_gt ()
   fi
   case "$version_test_gt_a:$version_test_gt_b" in
     *.old:*.old) ;;
-    *.old:*) version_test_gt_a="`echo -n "$version_test_gt_a" | sed -e 's/\.old$//'`" ; cmp=gt ;;
-    *:*.old) version_test_gt_b="`echo -n "$version_test_gt_b" | sed -e 's/\.old$//'`" ; cmp=ge ;;
+    *.old:*) version_test_gt_a="`echo -n "$version_test_gt_a" | sed -e 's/\.old$//'`" ; version_test_gt_cmp=gt ;;
+    *:*.old) version_test_gt_b="`echo -n "$version_test_gt_b" | sed -e 's/\.old$//'`" ; version_test_gt_cmp=ge ;;
   esac
   version_test_numeric "$version_test_gt_a" "$version_test_gt_cmp" "$version_test_gt_b"
   return "$?"