diff --git a/nselib/dns.lua b/nselib/dns.lua
index 708167149..b8d340d12 100644
--- a/nselib/dns.lua
+++ b/nselib/dns.lua
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ answerFetcher[types.TXT] =
       else
          local answers = {}
          for _, v in ipairs(dec.answers) do
-            if v.domain then table.insert(answers, string.sub(v.data, 2)) end
+            if v.data then table.insert(answers, string.sub(v.data, 2)) end
          end
          return answers
       end