diff --git a/icu4c/source/io/Makefile.in b/icu4c/source/io/Makefile.in
index a64d19099d2..cb9083ea44e 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/io/Makefile.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/io/Makefile.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ SO_VERSION_DATA = io.res
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(OS390BATCH),1)
-BATCH_TARGET = $(BATCH_ICUIO_TARGET)
+BATCH_TARGET = $(BATCH_IO_TARGET)
 BATCH_LIBS = $(BATCH_LIBICUUC) $(BATCH_LIBICUI18N) -lm
 endif   # OS390BATCH