diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torch/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torch/package.py
index 9325b2504c..451c71d743 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torch/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torch/package.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def enable_or_disable(variant, keyword='USE', var=None, newer=False):
 
         enable_or_disable('caffe2', keyword='BUILD', var='CAFFE2_OPS')
         enable_or_disable('gloo', newer=True)
-        enable_or_disable('gloo', var='GLOO_IBVERBS', newer=True)
+        enable_or_disable('gloo', var='IBVERBS', newer=True)
         enable_or_disable('opencv', newer=True)
         enable_or_disable('openmp', newer=True)
         enable_or_disable('ffmpeg', newer=True)