diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp
index 26e20c99c..617b94d74 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ osgDB::ReaderWriter::ReadResult ReaderWriter3DS::readNode(const std::string& fil
     // Do not use the lib3ds_file_open() as:
     //   1. It relies on FILE* instead of iostreams (less safe)
     //   2. It doesn't allow us to set a custom log output
-    std::ifstream fin(file.c_str(), std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::binary);
+    std::ifstream fin(fileName.c_str(), std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::binary);
     if (!fin.good()) return ReadResult::ERROR_IN_READING_FILE;
     return doReadNode(fin, options, fileName);
 /*