diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_node.c b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_node.c
index 86899c9211..11d7cc0652 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_node.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_node.c
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ eet_node_init(void)
 #else
    choice = "chained_mempool";
 #endif
-   tmp = getenv("EET_MEMPOOL");
+   tmp = getenv("EINA_MEMPOOL");
    if (tmp && tmp[0])
      choice = tmp;