diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindStdFilesystem.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindStdFilesystem.cmake
index 5d3336571ce..c66f572459b 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindStdFilesystem.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindStdFilesystem.cmake
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ macro(try_std_filesystem_library _library _result _already_included)
     ${_std_filesystem_try_compile_arg})
   unset(_std_filesystem_try_compile_arg)
   if(_std_filesystem_compiles)
-    if(NOT _library STREQUAL "")
+    if(NOT ${_library} STREQUAL "")
       set(${_result} ${_library})
     else()
       set(${_already_included} "included by standard library")