diff --git a/src/spicelib/devices/hicum2/hicum2setup.c b/src/spicelib/devices/hicum2/hicum2setup.c
index cb3df9a87..ea46a36bc 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/devices/hicum2/hicum2setup.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/devices/hicum2/hicum2setup.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ HICUMsetup(SMPmatrix *matrix, GENmodel *inModel, CKTcircuit *ckt, int *states)
             }
             if(model->HICUMrbi0 == 0) {
                 here->HICUMbaseBINode = here->HICUMbaseBPNode;
-            } else if(here->HICUMemitEINode == 0) {
+            } else if(here->HICUMbaseBINode == 0) {
                 error = CKTmkVolt(ckt, &tmp, here->HICUMname, "baseBI");
                 if(error) return(error);
                 here->HICUMbaseBINode = tmp->number;