diff --git a/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_plot_kde_vals b/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_plot_kde_vals
index 60b9369e211..cd4e45aec1e 100644
--- a/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_plot_kde_vals
+++ b/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_plot_kde_vals
@@ -66,11 +66,10 @@ kde_arrays = {
 
 if args.sort_type == 'increasing':
     idx = numpy.argsort(kde_values)
-elif args.sort_type == 'decreasing':
+elif args.plot_order == 'decreasing':
     idx = numpy.argsort(kde_values)[::-1]
 else:
     idx = numpy.arange(len(kde_values))
-# Sort each of the parameter arrays
 param_arrays = [param[idx] for param in param_arrays]
 param0 = param_arrays[0]
 param1 = param_arrays[1] if len(param_arrays) > 1 else None