diff --git a/expat/tests/runtests.c b/expat/tests/runtests.c
index 2d6ea36b..01e92bb3 100644
--- a/expat/tests/runtests.c
+++ b/expat/tests/runtests.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ external_entity_loader(XML_Parser parser,
                                  strlen(test_data->parse_text),
                                  XML_TRUE)
           == XML_STATUS_ERROR) {
-        xml_failure(parser);
+        xml_failure(extparser);
         return XML_STATUS_ERROR;
     }
     XML_ParserFree(extparser);