diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
index 53f558e13..9028e8e06 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #   _CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX
 
 IF(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER)
-  SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_INIT NOTFOUND)
+  SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_INIT NOTFOUND)
 
   # prefer the environment variable CC
   IF($ENV{CC} MATCHES ".+")