diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/ModifyFeature.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/ModifyFeature.js
index 29f206380a..efb71840ec 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/ModifyFeature.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/ModifyFeature.js
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ OpenLayers.Control.ModifyFeature = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Control, {
      */
     collectVertices: function() {
         this.vertices = [];
-        this.virtualVirtices = [];        
+        this.virtualVertices = [];        
         var control = this;
         function collectComponentVertices(geometry) {
             var i, vertex, component;