diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java
index 571e04b240b..f80194f5bd5 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugTarget.java
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ public class CDebugTarget extends CDebugElement implements ICDebugTarget, ICDIEv
 			}
 		}
 		// otherwise ask the binary
-		if (globals.length == 0)
+		if (list.size() == 0)
 		{
 			IBinaryObject file = getBinaryFile();
 			if (file != null) {