diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index adb3c3c3..4eb387c4 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -1466,14 +1466,14 @@ sub download_testdata {
 sub desktop_login  {
     my ($login, $password) = @_;
     # Get the version, so that we can handle G-I-S or Gnome Tour.
-    my $version = get_var("VERSION");
+    my $release = get_var("VERSION");
     # For Upgrade tests we will need to handle older releases, so we 
     # fix the version number accordingly
     if (get_var("GUI_UPGRADE") == 1) {
-        my $release = $version-1;
+        $release = $release-1;
     }
     elsif (get_var("GUI_UPGRADE") == 2) {
-        my $release = $version-2;
+        $release = $release-2;
     }
     # For Gnome desktop
     if (get_var("DESKTOP") eq 'gnome') {