diff --git a/sd/source/ui/sidebar/SlideBackground.cxx b/sd/source/ui/sidebar/SlideBackground.cxx
index dca73a874c07..e89fd867819d 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/sidebar/SlideBackground.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/sidebar/SlideBackground.cxx
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ void SlideBackground::SetPanelTitle( const OUString& rTitle )
         return;
 
     Reference<ui::XPanel> xPanel ( xPanels->getByName("SlideBackgroundPanel"), uno::UNO_QUERY);
-    if ( !xPanels.is() )
+    if ( !xPanel.is() )
         return;
 
     xPanel->setTitle( rTitle );