diff --git a/support/download/dl-wrapper b/support/download/dl-wrapper
index 490335c859..f8040b6649 100755
--- a/support/download/dl-wrapper
+++ b/support/download/dl-wrapper
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ main() {
         esac
         uri=${uri#*+}
 
-        urlencode=${backend#*|}
+        urlencode=${backend_urlencode#*|}
         # urlencode must be "urlencode"
         [ "${urlencode}" != "urlencode" ] && urlencode=""