diff --git a/eobuilder-ctl b/eobuilder-ctl
index d82f295..40ae7cb 100755
--- a/eobuilder-ctl
+++ b/eobuilder-ctl
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ def setup_git_tree(project_reference, options):
                 project_url = project_reference
             call("git clone %s" % project_url)
         if options.branch:
-            subprocess.check_call(['git', 'checkout', '--quiet', branch_name],
+            subprocess.check_call(['git', 'checkout', '--quiet', options.branch],
                     cwd=git_project_path)
         branch_name = get_git_branch_name(project_reference)