diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBAdaptor.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBAdaptor.pm
index e14e89889bedaebdea7e5c390c6c0e3053777aa6..f4316d60a4e8b933c0bedf43f22e49efa5be2f7e 100755
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBAdaptor.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DBAdaptor.pm
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ sub all_species {
     . "FROM meta "
     . "WHERE meta_key = 'species.db_name'";
 
-  my $sth = $self->dbc()->db_handle()->prepare($statment);
+  my $sth = $self->dbc()->db_handle()->prepare($statement);
 
   $sth->execute();