diff --git a/.github/workflows/cl-host.yml b/.github/workflows/cl-host.yml
index 6816bf8a1..86c01dc28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cl-host.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cl-host.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         key: ecl-cache2
 
     - name: build host ecl
-      if: steps.ecl-cache.outputs.cache2-hit != 'true'
+      if: steps.ecl-cache2.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       run: |
         wget -q https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/releases/download/sbcl-1.4.14/ecl.tgz
         tar xf ecl.tgz