diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx
index 9402689cb..f9dfdf6aa 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDebGenerator.cxx
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ int cmCPackDebGenerator::createDeb()
       return 0;
       }
     cmArchiveWrite control_tar(fileStream_control_tar,
-                               tar_compression_type,
+                               cmArchiveWrite::CompressGZip,
                                "paxr");
 
     // sets permissions and uid/gid for the files