diff --git a/matlab/dsge_var_likelihood.m b/matlab/dsge_var_likelihood.m
index 8192e412d57d47ab2d50b345d3db59304607d15b..b08239ca2a87b01b297f6da5543c039b08664882 100644
--- a/matlab/dsge_var_likelihood.m
+++ b/matlab/dsge_var_likelihood.m
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ if dsge_prior_weight<(NumberOfParameters+NumberOfObservedVariables)/NumberOfObse
     exit_flag = 0;
     info = 51;
     info(2)=dsge_prior_weight;
-    info(3)=(NumberOfParameters+NumberOfObservedVariables)/DynareDataset.info.ntobs;
+    info(3)=(NumberOfParameters+NumberOfObservedVariables)/DynareDataset.nobs;
     return
 end