diff --git a/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-tools/checktools.sh b/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-tools/checktools.sh
index 9995d2aac7f24..2191d5d6e4680 100755
--- a/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-tools/checktools.sh
+++ b/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-tools/checktools.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ $COMMIT\t$(cat "$TOOLSTATE_FILE")
 }
 
 if [ "$RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL" = nightly ]; then
-    if [ -n "${TOOLSTATE_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN+is_set}" ]; then
+    if [ -n "${TOOLSTATE_PUBLISH+is_set}" ]; then
         . "$(dirname $0)/repo.sh"
         MESSAGE_FILE=$(mktemp -t msg.XXXXXX)
         echo "($OS CI update)" > "$MESSAGE_FILE"