diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rootkeysentinel/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/rootkeysentinel/tests.sh
index d22f9b78e5..76b3db899b 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rootkeysentinel/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rootkeysentinel/tests.sh
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`
 
 newtest "check root-key-sentinel-not-ta with bad ta and" " 'root-key-sentinel yes;' (expect NXDOMAIN)"
-$DIG $DIGOPTS @10.53.0.3 root-key-sentinel-not-ta-${bad}.example A > dig.out.ns3.test$n || ret=1
+$DIG $DIGOPTS @10.53.0.3 root-key-sentinel-not-ta-${badid}.example A > dig.out.ns3.test$n || ret=1
 grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.ns3.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`
 
 newtest "check root-key-sentinel-not-ta with bad ta and" " 'root-key-sentinel no;' (expect NXDOMAIN)"
-$DIG $DIGOPTS @10.53.0.4 root-key-sentinel-not-ta-${bad}.example A > dig.out.ns4.test$n || ret=1
+$DIG $DIGOPTS @10.53.0.4 root-key-sentinel-not-ta-${badid}.example A > dig.out.ns4.test$n || ret=1
 grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.ns4.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`