diff --git a/gcc/cobol/cobol1.cc b/gcc/cobol/cobol1.cc
index 98d15a8d1ed..7d742b90776 100644
--- a/gcc/cobol/cobol1.cc
+++ b/gcc/cobol/cobol1.cc
@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ cobol_langhook_handle_option (size_t scode,
           }
           return true;
         case OPT_include:
-          if( ! include_file_add(cobol_include) ) {
-            cbl_errx( "could not include %s", cobol_include);
+          if( ! include_file_add(arg) ) {
+            cbl_errx( "could not include %s", arg);
           }
             return true;
 
diff --git a/gcc/cobol/lang.opt b/gcc/cobol/lang.opt
index 142ec4f34bf..1d33f34acee 100644
--- a/gcc/cobol/lang.opt
+++ b/gcc/cobol/lang.opt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Cobol Joined Separate
 ; Documented in C
 
 include
-Cobol Joined Separate Var(cobol_include)
+Cobol Joined Separate
 ; Documented in C
 
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