diff --git a/helloworld.asm b/helloworld.asm
index 122bf0c..6f54fdd 100644
--- a/helloworld.asm
+++ b/helloworld.asm
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ _start:
 
 section .data:
     message: db "Hello World!", 0xA
-    message_length equ $-message
+    message_length: equ $-message