diff --git a/backends/sve/ceed-sve-tensor-f64.c b/backends/sve/ceed-sve-tensor-f64.c
index 91fa2fb6af..5ba51538ff 100644
--- a/backends/sve/ceed-sve-tensor-f64.c
+++ b/backends/sve/ceed-sve-tensor-f64.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static inline int CeedTensorContract_Sve_Blocked(CeedTensorContract contract,
           do {
             // Load u, v into vectors
             svfloat64_t u_vec = svld1(pg, &u[(a*B+b)*C+c]);
-            .lb v_vec = svld1(pg, &v[(a*J+j+jj)*C+c]);
+            svfloat64_t v_vec = svld1(pg, &v[(a*J+j+jj)*C+c]);
             // Basis matrix value
             double tq = t[(j+jj)*t_stride_0 + b*t_stride_1];
             // fmadd