diff --git a/mediagoblin/tools/files.py b/mediagoblin/tools/files.py
index 2b4ad4e4..0e8dc1e9 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/tools/files.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/tools/files.py
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ def delete_media_files(media):
 
     if no_such_files:
         # This breaks pep8 as far as I know
-        raise OSError, ", ".join(noSuchFiles)
+        raise OSError, ", ".join(no_such_files)