diff --git a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c
index 8abf22752..338f42f87 100644
--- a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c
+++ b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandmouse.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ create_buffer_from_shm(Wayland_CursorData *d,
                        MAP_SHARED,
                        shm_fd,
                        0);
-    if (data == MAP_FAILED) {
+    if (d->shm_data == MAP_FAILED) {
         d->shm_data = NULL;
         fprintf (stderr, "mmap () failed\n");
         close (shm_fd);