diff --git a/lib/parse.C b/lib/parse.C
index 82f6d41e5f..68b06c6445 100644
--- a/lib/parse.C
+++ b/lib/parse.C
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void xml_unescape(string& in, string& out) {
             char c = atoi(in.substr(i+2, 3).c_str());
             out += c;
             i = in.find(";", i);
-            if (i==std::string.npos) break;
+            if (i==std::string::npos) break;
             i++;
         } else {
             out += in[i];