diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/files/fedmsg-emit.php b/roles/mediawiki/files/fedmsg-emit.php
index 82029cf97f..da8536a96b 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/files/fedmsg-emit.php
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/files/fedmsg-emit.php
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ function upload_complete(&$image) {
 
   # I know it seems peculiar to have an array here with only one element.
   # https://github.com/fedora-infra/fedmsg_meta_fedora_infrastructure/pull/174
-  msg["title"] = array(
+  $msg["title"] = array(
     "mPrefixedTitle" => $image->getLocalFile()->getTitle()["mPrefixedTitle"],
   );