diff --git a/Lib/zipfile.py b/Lib/zipfile.py
index 32cf42c..a7cee72 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile.py
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@
                 print("Compiling", file)
             try:
                 py_compile.compile(file, doraise=True, optimize=optimize)
-            except py_compile.PyCompileError as error:
+            except py_compile.PyCompileError as err:
                 print(err.msg)
                 return False
             return True