diff --git a/include/tests_authentication b/include/tests_authentication
index 05d37114..ae113f1b 100644
--- a/include/tests_authentication
+++ b/include/tests_authentication
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@
             FIND=`cat /etc/login.conf | grep "umask" | sed 's/#.*//' | sed -E 's/^[[:cntrl:]]//' | grep -v '^$' | awk -F: '{ print $2}' | awk -F= '{ if ($1=="umask") { print $2 }}'`
             if [ ! "${FIND}" = "" ]; then
                 for UMASK_VALUE in ${FIND}; do
-                    case VALUE in ${UMASK_VALUE}
+                    case ${UMASK_VALUE} in
                         027|0027|077|0077)
                             logtext "Result: found umask value ${VALUE}, which is fine"
                             AddHP 2 2