diff --git a/compositor/main.c b/compositor/main.c
index 518248cb..b6ac6ea3 100644
--- a/compositor/main.c
+++ b/compositor/main.c
@@ -2767,7 +2767,7 @@ load_wayland_backend(struct weston_compositor *c,
 	parse_options(wayland_options, ARRAY_LENGTH(wayland_options), argc, argv);
 	config.sprawl = sprawl_;
 	config.fullscreen = fullscreen_;
-	config.use_pixman = use_pixman_config_;
+	config.use_pixman = use_pixman_;
 
 	section = weston_config_get_section(wc, "shell", NULL, NULL);
 	weston_config_section_get_string(section, "cursor-theme",