diff --git a/src/go/pt-secure-collect/sanitize.go b/src/go/pt-secure-collect/sanitize.go
index 719465f7..22acb5e0 100644
--- a/src/go/pt-secure-collect/sanitize.go
+++ b/src/go/pt-secure-collect/sanitize.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func sanitizeFile(opts *cliOptions) error {
 	}
 
 	if *opts.SanitizeOutputFile != "" {
-		ifh, err = os.Create(*opts.SanitizeOutputFile)
+		ofh, err = os.Create(*opts.SanitizeOutputFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "Cannot create output file %q", *opts.SanitizeOutputFile)
 		}