diff --git a/wagon-providers/wagon-http-shared/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/shared/http/AbstractHttpClientWagon.java b/wagon-providers/wagon-http-shared/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/shared/http/AbstractHttpClientWagon.java
index 3e9fe91ff..01f09bc04 100644
--- a/wagon-providers/wagon-http-shared/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/shared/http/AbstractHttpClientWagon.java
+++ b/wagon-providers/wagon-http-shared/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/shared/http/AbstractHttpClientWagon.java
@@ -670,9 +670,9 @@ public static CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient()
         return httpClient;
     }
 
-    public static void setPersistentPool( boolean persistentPool )
+    public static void setPersistentPool( boolean persistent )
     {
-        persistentPool = persistentPool;
+        persistentPool = persistent;
     }
 
     public static void setPoolingHttpClientConnectionManager(