1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/wixext/BalCompiler.cs b/src/ext/Bal/wixext/BalCompiler.cs
index 731943ee..72883bdf 100644
--- a/src/ext/Bal/wixext/BalCompiler.cs
+++ b/src/ext/Bal/wixext/BalCompiler.cs
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ namespace WixToolset.Bal
 
             if (prereqAttribute != null && YesNoType.Yes == this.ParseHelper.GetAttributeYesNoValue(sourceLineNumbers, prereqAttribute))
             {
-                if (!this.prereqInfoSymbolsByPackageId.TryGetValue(packageId, out _))
+                if (!this.prereqInfoSymbolsByPackageId.TryGetValue(packageId, out prereqInfo))
                 {
                     prereqInfo = section.AddSymbol(new WixMbaPrereqInformationSymbol(sourceLineNumbers, new Identifier(AccessModifier.Global, packageId))
                     {