diff --git a/frameworks/projects/HTML/src/main/royale/org/apache/royale/html/TextNode.as b/frameworks/projects/HTML/src/main/royale/org/apache/royale/html/TextNode.as
index 17ec59a..da1d79c 100644
--- a/frameworks/projects/HTML/src/main/royale/org/apache/royale/html/TextNode.as
+++ b/frameworks/projects/HTML/src/main/royale/org/apache/royale/html/TextNode.as
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 			COMPILE::JS
 			{
 				if(element)
-                	element.nodeValue = text;
+                	element.nodeValue = value;
 			}
 
 		}