diff --git a/contrib/testsuite-management/validate_failures.py b/contrib/testsuite-management/validate_failures.py
index 76f9aab..74dbcfb 100755
--- a/contrib/testsuite-management/validate_failures.py
+++ b/contrib/testsuite-management/validate_failures.py
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ def GetManifestPath(srcdir, target, user_provided_must_exist):
       Error('Manifest does not exist: %s' % manifest_path)
     return manifest_path
   else:
-    assert srdir and target
+    assert srcdir and target
     return _MANIFEST_PATH_PATTERN % (srcdir, _MANIFEST_SUBDIR, target)