diff --git a/gameDetector.cpp b/gameDetector.cpp
index 26f9de269d4..8490226048e 100644
--- a/gameDetector.cpp
+++ b/gameDetector.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void GameDetector::updateconfig()
 		_gameTempo = strtol(val, NULL, 0);
 
 	if ((val = scummcfg->get("talkspeed")))
-		_talkspeed = atoi(val);
+		_talkSpeed = atoi(val);
 }
 
 void GameDetector::parseCommandLine(int argc, char **argv)