diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a2aad677c8..334b597a8b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ check_header_objcc(){
     {
        echo "#include <$header>"
        echo "int main(void) { return 0; }"
-    } | check_objcc && check_stat "$TMPO" && enable_safe $headers
+    } | check_objcc && check_stat "$TMPO" && enable_safe $header
 }
 
 check_func(){