diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 3b17e1123..379870954 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     {
         CAmount nMaxFee = 0;
         if (!ParseMoney(mapArgs["-maxtxfee"], nMaxFee))
-            return InitError(AmountErrMsg("maxtxfee", mapArgs["-maptxfee"]));
+            return InitError(AmountErrMsg("maxtxfee", mapArgs["-maxtxfee"]));
         if (nMaxFee > nHighTransactionMaxFeeWarning)
             InitWarning(_("-maxtxfee is set very high! Fees this large could be paid on a single transaction."));
         maxTxFee = nMaxFee;