diff --git a/hack/test-cmd.sh b/hack/test-cmd.sh
index a56e8527a01..0ebedf8c9cc 100755
--- a/hack/test-cmd.sh
+++ b/hack/test-cmd.sh
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ __EOF__
 
   ### Perform a rolling update with --image
   # Pre-condition status.Replicas is 3, otherwise the rcmanager could update it and interfere with the rolling update
-  kube::test::get_object_assert 'rc frontend' "{{$rc_status_replicas_field}}" '3'
+  kube::test::get_object_assert 'rc frontend' "{{$rc_replicas_field}}" '3'
   # Command
   kubectl rolling-update frontend --image=kubernetes/pause --update-period=10ns --poll-interval=10ms "${kube_flags[@]}"
   # Post-condition: current image IS kubernetes/pause