diff --git a/src/tallies/filter_sph_harm.cpp b/src/tallies/filter_sph_harm.cpp
index 77f70c7ef4..80d6878b70 100644
--- a/src/tallies/filter_sph_harm.cpp
+++ b/src/tallies/filter_sph_harm.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SphericalHarmonicsFilter::set_cosine(gsl::cstring_span cosine)
     cosine_ = SphericalHarmonicsCosine::particle;
   } else {
     std::stringstream err_msg;
-    err_msg << "Unrecognized cosine type, \"" << cos
+    err_msg << "Unrecognized cosine type, \"" << cosine
             << "\" in spherical harmonics filter";
     throw std::invalid_argument{err_msg.str()};
   }