diff --git a/actions/twitapidirect_messages.php b/actions/twitapidirect_messages.php
index db55e8cd02..ce98bf6ec2 100644
--- a/actions/twitapidirect_messages.php
+++ b/actions/twitapidirect_messages.php
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class Twitapidirect_messagesAction extends TwitterapiAction
         $this->init_document('xml');
         $this->elementStart('direct-messages', array('type' => 'array'));
 
-        if (is_array($messages)) {
+        if (is_array($message)) {
             foreach ($message as $m) {
                 $twitter_dm = $this->twitter_dmsg_array($m);
                 $this->show_twitter_xml_dmsg($twitter_dm);