diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CMakePresetsBuild/TestVariable.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CMakePresetsBuild/TestVariable.cmake
index 3113dcc7c3..17b0ee2789 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CMakePresetsBuild/TestVariable.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CMakePresetsBuild/TestVariable.cmake
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ function(test_environment_variable name expected_value)
   else()
     set(actual_value "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
     if(NOT "${actual_value}" MATCHES "${expected_value}")
-      string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _actual "${expected_value}")
-      string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _expect "${actual_value}")
+      string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _actual "${actual_value}")
+      string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _expect "${expected_value}")
       string(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "Expected value of environment variable '${name}':\n  ${_expect}\nActual value:\n  ${_actual}\n")
     endif()
   endif()