diff --git a/jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/xml/SysViewImportHandler.java b/jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/xml/SysViewImportHandler.java
index a0aecab..6455c7a 100644
--- a/jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/xml/SysViewImportHandler.java
+++ b/jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/xml/SysViewImportHandler.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
             // node name (value of sv:name attribute)
             String svName = getAttribute(atts, NameConstants.SV_NAME);
-            if (name == null) {
+            if (svName == null) {
                 throw new SAXException(new InvalidSerializedDataException(
                         "missing mandatory sv:name attribute of element sv:node"));
             }