diff --git a/ikiwiki-transition b/ikiwiki-transition
index 7e99c878e..17a347c20 100755
--- a/ikiwiki-transition
+++ b/ikiwiki-transition
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ sub moveprefs {
 }
 
 sub deduplinks {
-	setstatdir(shift);
+	setstatedir(shift);
 	IkiWiki::loadindex();
 	foreach my $page (keys %links) {
 		my %l;