diff --git a/src/benchmarks/pmembench_memset.cfg b/src/benchmarks/pmembench_memset.cfg
index ad45611597e3426404d18b18a7372ca5b7f8b884..8330edc602d8cb1f45ab6102e1b0c6369913cbb2 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/pmembench_memset.cfg
+++ b/src/benchmarks/pmembench_memset.cfg
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ mem-mode = seq
 # from 64 to 8k bytes
 # mode sequential
 # memset followed by pmem_msync()
-[pmem_memset_libc_memset_persist]
+[pmem_memset_libc_memset_msync]
 bench = pmem_memset
 threads = 1
 data-size = 64:*2:8192