diff --git a/lib/workers/branch/index.js b/lib/workers/branch/index.js
index b87d1ffb0dad80c03770591a531cf640c24114cd..76eef99ec61617a7a08aa8b94fe516cf3380a29e 100644
--- a/lib/workers/branch/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/branch/index.js
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ async function processBranch(branchConfig, packageFiles) {
       logger.debug('Passing rate-limit-exceeded error up');
       throw err;
     }
-    if (err.message && err.messag.includes('Bad credentials')) {
+    if (err.message && err.message.includes('Bad credentials')) {
       logger.debug('Passing Bad credentials error up');
       throw err;
     }