diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm
index 6769a602b190a6f29ff114ee1314671ca5cec944..212b49f00897ec9c8e9f44cba794a9ccbdb25456 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm
@@ -802,8 +802,8 @@ (define bootcfg
       (check-initrd-modules os)))
 
   (mlet* %store-monad
-      ((target    (current-target-system))
-       (image ->  (find-image file-system-type target))
+      ((target*   (current-target-system))
+       (image ->  (find-image file-system-type target*))
        (sys       (system-derivation-for-action os image action
                                                 #:file-system-type file-system-type
                                                 #:image-size image-size