diff --git a/common/bootm.c b/common/bootm.c
index 5984319..81625d9 100644
--- a/common/bootm.c
+++ b/common/bootm.c
@@ -684,5 +684,5 @@
 BAREBOX_MAGICVAR_NAMED(global_bootm_initrd_loadaddr, global.bootm.initrd.loadaddr, "bootm default initrd loadaddr");
 BAREBOX_MAGICVAR_NAMED(global_bootm_oftree, global.bootm.oftree, "bootm default oftree");
 BAREBOX_MAGICVAR_NAMED(global_bootm_verify, global.bootm.verify, "bootm default verify level");
-BAREBOX_MAGICVAR_NAMED(global_bootm_verbose, global.bootm.verify, "bootm default verbosity level (0=quiet)");
+BAREBOX_MAGICVAR_NAMED(global_bootm_verbose, global.bootm.verbose, "bootm default verbosity level (0=quiet)");
 BAREBOX_MAGICVAR_NAMED(global_bootm_appendroot, global.bootm.appendroot, "Add root= option to Kernel to mount rootfs from the device the Kernel comes from");