diff --git a/Objects/memoryobject.c b/Objects/memoryobject.c
index 5caa65042723..226bd6defdec 100644
--- a/Objects/memoryobject.c
+++ b/Objects/memoryobject.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ PyTypeObject _PyManagedBuffer_Type = {
 /* Assumptions: ndim >= 1. The macro tests for a corner case that should
    perhaps be explicitly forbidden in the PEP. */
 #define HAVE_SUBOFFSETS_IN_LAST_DIM(view) \
-    (view->suboffsets && view->suboffsets[dest->ndim-1] >= 0)
+    (view->suboffsets && view->suboffsets[view->ndim-1] >= 0)
 
 static inline int
 last_dim_is_contiguous(const Py_buffer *dest, const Py_buffer *src)