diff --git a/makedist b/makedist
index 508aec4..bd1bca9 100755
--- a/makedist
+++ b/makedist
@@ -282,11 +282,10 @@ if [ "$ARCH" = "ppc64le" ]; then
     # Grab cvmfs package from copr, using yumdownloader to calculate
     #  the URL
     CVMFSRPMURLS="$(getcoprurl cvmfs)"
-    if [ -z "$CVMFSRPMURL" ]; then
+    if [ -z "$CVMFSRPMURLS" ]; then
         echo "Failed to get $ARCH cvmfs rpm from copr" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
-    CVMFSURL="$(dirname $CVMFSRPMURL)"
     CVMFSRPMNAME="$(basename $CVMFSRPMURL)"
     CVMFSVERSION="`echo "$CVMFSRPMNAME" 's/.*cvmfs-\([^-]*\)-.*/\1/'`"
 else