diff --git a/lisp/url/url-vars.el b/lisp/url/url-vars.el
index 9e91bf0670e..07a638f1ccd 100644
--- a/lisp/url/url-vars.el
+++ b/lisp/url/url-vars.el
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ This should be set, e.g. by mail user agents rendering HTML to avoid
 (defun url-interactive-p ()
   "Say whether the current request is from a interactive context."
   (not (or url-request-noninteractive
-           (bound-and-true-p 'url-http-noninteractive))))
+           (bound-and-true-p url-http-noninteractive))))
 
 ;; Obsolete