1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 49020c1e63..1abb2c1b6c 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class QemuRunner:
                 self.logger.debug("Target didn't reach login banner in %d seconds (%s)" %
                                   (self.boottime, time.strftime("%D %H:%M:%S")))
             tail = lambda l: "\n".join(l.splitlines()[-25:])
-            bootlog = boolog.decode("utf-8")
+            bootlog = bootlog.decode("utf-8")
             # in case bootlog is empty, use tail qemu log store at self.msg
             lines = tail(bootlog if bootlog else self.msg)
             self.logger.debug("Last 25 lines of text:\n%s" % lines)