diff --git a/pytools/obmcutil b/pytools/obmcutil
index c83329a..8924315 100644
--- a/pytools/obmcutil
+++ b/pytools/obmcutil
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@
             property_name = objinfo['property']
 
         bus_name = objinfo['bus_name']
-        obj_path = objinfo['object_name']
+        obj = objinfo['object_name']
         intf_name = objinfo['interface_name']
-        dbus_obj = bus.get_object(bus_name, obj_path)
+        dbus_obj = bus.get_object(bus_name, obj)
 
         if (property_name != ""):
             intf = dbus.Interface(dbus_obj, "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties")