diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 5104cfbe..768115fc 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ sub check_desktop_clean {
 sub download_modularity_tests {
 # Download the modularity test script, place in the system and then
 # modify the access rights to make it executable.
-    my $whitelist = @_;
+    my ($whitelist) = @_;
     assert_script_run 'curl -o /root/test.py https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/modularity_testing_scripts/raw/master/f/modular_functions.py';
     if ($whitelist eq 'whitelist') {
 	assert_script_run 'curl -o /root/whitelist https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/modularity_testing_scripts/raw/master/f/whitelist';