diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index f213e2f..15db97c 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ GMQCC_INLINE uint32_t util_hthashfunc(hash_table_t *ht, const char *key, registe
     size_t               size  = strlen(key);
     uint32_t             hash  = seed ^ size;
     uint32_t             alias = 0;
-    const unsigned char *data  = (const unsigned char*)ket;
+    const unsigned char *data  = (const unsigned char*)key;
 
     while (size >= 4) {
         alias = *(uint32_t*)data;