diff --git a/mercurial/transaction.py b/mercurial/transaction.py
index 159e196e87..123a449c6e 100644
--- a/mercurial/transaction.py
+++ b/mercurial/transaction.py
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class transaction(object):
             self.opener.unlink(self.journal)
         if self.opener.isfile(self._backupjournal):
             self.opener.unlink(self._backupjournal)
-            for _l, _f, b, c in self._backupentries:
+            for l, _f, b, c in self._backupentries:
                 if l not in self._vfsmap and c:
                     self.report("couldn't remote %s: unknown cache location"
                                 "%s\n" % (b, l))