diff --git a/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh b/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
index 09cc500385..10fe1f5beb 100755
--- a/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
+++ b/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ info "Deselecting dhcpcd"
 early_enter_chroot $EMERGE_CMD --deselect dhcpcd
 
 info "Running emerge ccache curl sudo ..."
-early_enter_chroot $EMERGE_CMD -uNv $USEPKG $EMERGE_JOS \
+early_enter_chroot $EMERGE_CMD -uNv $USEPKG $EMERGE_JOBS \
   ccache net-misc/curl sudo
 
 # Curl is now installed, so we can depend on it now.