diff --git a/tests/test_dbapi_persistence.py b/tests/test_dbapi_persistence.py
index 5775340e5a5..ebd21dc0c2e 100644
--- a/tests/test_dbapi_persistence.py
+++ b/tests/test_dbapi_persistence.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 class TestDBAPIPersistence(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_persistence(self):
         conn = dbapi.connect(path=test_state_dir)
-        cur = con.cursor()
+        cur = conn.cursor()
         cur.execute("CREATE DATABASE e ENGINE = Atomic;")
         cur.execute("CREATE TABLE e.hi (a String primary key, b Int32) Engine = MergeTree ORDER BY a;")
         cur.execute("INSERT INTO e.hi (a, b) VALUES (%s, %s);", ["he", 32])
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ def test_persistence(self):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
\ No newline at end of file
+    unittest.main()