diff --git a/src/wic/ksparser.py b/src/wic/ksparser.py
index dcf26f788083..a1276af8d3c6 100644
--- a/src/wic/ksparser.py
+++ b/src/wic/ksparser.py
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ class KickStart():
                                     try:
                                         self.bootloader.diskid = int(parsed.diskid, 0)
                                     except ValueError:
-                                        err = "with --ptbale msdos only 32bit integers " \
+                                        err = "with --ptable msdos only 32bit integers " \
                                               "are allowed for --diskid. %s could not " \
-                                              "be parsed" % self.ptable
+                                              "be parsed" % parsed.diskid
                                         raise KickStartError(err)
                                 else:
                                     try: