diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/amf/init_rules/average_init.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/amf/init_rules/average_init.hpp
index 533c4f4300..1cf711c35f 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/amf/init_rules/average_init.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/amf/init_rules/average_init.hpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class AverageInitialization
         min = *it;
     }
 
-    V_avg = sqrt(((avgV / (n * m)) - min) / r);
+    avgV = sqrt(((avgV / (n * m)) - min) / r);
 
     // Intialize to random values.
     W.randu(n, r);