diff --git a/python/libvirt-override.c b/python/libvirt-override.c
index 11e1d0c03e41027ea064ec9ed38da6d43c8abda4..a151e78b7bbd442a742601a0062d4689c691c139 100644
--- a/python/libvirt-override.c
+++ b/python/libvirt-override.c
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@ libvirt_virEventRegisterImpl(ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED PyObject * self,
         return VIR_PY_INT_FAIL;
 
     /* Get argument string representations (for error reporting) */
-    addHandleName = py_str(addTimeoutObj);
+    addHandleName = py_str(addHandleObj);
     updateHandleName = py_str(updateHandleObj);
     removeHandleName = py_str(removeHandleObj);
     addTimeoutName = py_str(addTimeoutObj);