diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
index 1c910150d..3052c5858 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ osgDB::ReaderWriter::ReadResult ReaderWriterOBJ::readNode(std::istream& fin, con
             
             if (options->getOptionString() == "noTriStripPolygons")
             {
-                noTesselateLargePolygons = true;
+                noTriStripPolygons = true;
             }
         }