diff --git a/git_archive_all.py b/git_archive_all.py
index 8903814..3c1331f 100755
--- a/git_archive_all.py
+++ b/git_archive_all.py
@@ -316,9 +316,9 @@ def walk_git_files(self, repo_path=''):
             self.run_shell("git submodule update", repo_abspath)
 
         try:
-            repo_gitmodules_path = path.join(repo_abspath, ".gitmodules")
+            repo_gitmodules_abspath = path.join(repo_abspath, ".gitmodules")
 
-            with open(repo_gitmodules_path) as f:
+            with open(repo_gitmodules_abspath) as f:
                 lines = f.readlines()
 
             for l in lines: