diff --git a/core/lib/defuns-evil.el b/core/lib/defuns-evil.el
index 1c6a6bb07..6c96e648d 100644
--- a/core/lib/defuns-evil.el
+++ b/core/lib/defuns-evil.el
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   (let ((inner-name (make-symbol "narf--inner-name"))
         (outer-name (make-symbol "narf--outer-name")))
     `(progn
-       (evil-define-text-object ,"inner"-name (count &optional beg end type)
+       (evil-define-text-object ,inner-name (count &optional beg end type)
          (evil-select-paren ,start-regex ,end-regex beg end type count nil))
        (evil-define-text-object ,outer-name (count &optional beg end type)
          (evil-select-paren ,start-regex ,end-regex beg end type count t))