diff --git a/branches/tor-0_0_8-patches/src/or/routerparse.c b/branches/tor-0_0_8-patches/src/or/routerparse.c
index c12d07f613..05605abbee 100644
--- a/branches/tor-0_0_8-patches/src/or/routerparse.c
+++ b/branches/tor-0_0_8-patches/src/or/routerparse.c
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ get_next_token(const char **s, where_syntax where) {
       tok->args[0] = tor_strndup(*s,next-*s);
       tok->n_args = 1;
       *s = eat_whitespace_no_nl(next+1);
-      a_syn = OBJ_OK;
+      o_syn = OBJ_OK;
     } else {
       tok->tp = _UNRECOGNIZED;
       next = strchr(*s, '\n');