diff --git a/cmake/pkg-utils.cmake b/cmake/pkg-utils.cmake
index b5e0de74a..bcf7f6ab9 100644
--- a/cmake/pkg-utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/pkg-utils.cmake
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ function(get_pkgconf_variable)
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "get_pkgconf_variable: pkg-config was not found - can't use it to fetch variables")
 	endif()
 
-	pkg_search_module("${GET_PKGCONF_VAR_MODULE}" QUIET)
-	if(NOT ${GET_PKGCONF_VAR_MODULE}_FOUND)
+	pkg_search_module("PKGCONF_MODULE" "${GET_PKGCONF_VAR_MODULE}" QUIET)
+	if(NOT PKGCONF_MODULE_FOUND)
 		if(GET_PKGCONF_VAR_DEBUG)
 			message(STATUS "Unable to find module \"${GET_PKGCONF_VAR_MODULE}\" via pkg-conf")
 			set(VAR_VALUE "NOTFOUND")