diff --git a/libnm-util/nm-utils.c b/libnm-util/nm-utils.c
index 7f927d2451..5d80b2a4f8 100644
--- a/libnm-util/nm-utils.c
+++ b/libnm-util/nm-utils.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ value_dup (gpointer key, gpointer val, gpointer user_data)
 	GValue *dup_value;
 
 	dup_value = g_slice_new0 (GValue);
-	g_value_init (dup_value, G_VALUE_TYPE (val));
+	g_value_init (dup_value, G_VALUE_TYPE (value));
 	g_value_copy (value, dup_value);
 
 	g_hash_table_insert (table, g_strdup ((char *) key), dup_value);