diff --git a/tools/release_checks.pike b/tools/release_checks.pike
index bd814251eda18a053a6973dad32f3efa47850bd1..30150215eda8a1756640f6b71ecc77330085bab9 100644
--- a/tools/release_checks.pike
+++ b/tools/release_checks.pike
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ int test_constants() {
 			 allocated);
   if(consts>allocated) {
     write("bultin_constants mapping in constants.c needs to be at least %d\n"
-	  "entries big.\n", allocated);
+	  "entries big.\n", consts);
     return 0;
   }
   if(allocated-consts>10)