diff --git a/src/sharedspice.c b/src/sharedspice.c
index a2494785c..06f806334 100644
--- a/src/sharedspice.c
+++ b/src/sharedspice.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ int
 ngSpice_nospiceinit(void)
 {
     bool t = TRUE;
-    cp_vset("no_spicenit", CP_BOOL, &t);
+    cp_vset("no_spiceinit", CP_BOOL, &t);
     return 0;
 }