diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 70b7c9399..a2459b78f 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -2651,7 +2651,7 @@ fi
 if test "${enable_gmp+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_gmp;
 else
-  enable_libatomic=auto
+  enable_gmp=auto
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index 5cc88874d..2f297bc86 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(gmp,
   AS_HELP_STRING( [--enable-gmp],
                   [version of the GMP library]
                   [(portable|included|system|auto, default=auto)] ),
-  [], [enable_libatomic=auto] )
+  [], [enable_gmp=auto] )
 
 dnl GMP library options
 AC_ARG_WITH(C-gmp,