diff --git a/scripts/gnt-instance b/scripts/gnt-instance
index 8ee48c8b1e3bc3c94050109846f7b60a154c7315..1a2831a99823383d1449364814c93bf57eb3797c 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-instance
+++ b/scripts/gnt-instance
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ def BatchCreate(opts, args):
                                   disk_template=specs['template'],
                                   mode=constants.INSTANCE_CREATE,
                                   os_type=specs['os'],
-                                  force_variant=opts.force_variant,
+                                  force_variant=specs["force_variant"],
                                   pnode=specs['primary_node'],
                                   snode=specs['secondary_node'],
                                   nics=tmp_nics,