diff --git a/htp/htp_transaction.c b/htp/htp_transaction.c
index 014589b3..8bbe5f8a 100644
--- a/htp/htp_transaction.c
+++ b/htp/htp_transaction.c
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ htp_status_t htp_tx_state_response_headers(htp_tx_t *tx) {
         } else if (bstr_cmp_c_nocasenorzero(ce->value, "lzma") == 0) {
             tx->response_content_encoding = HTP_COMPRESSION_LZMA;
         } else if (bstr_cmp_c_nocasenorzero(ce->value, "inflate") == 0 ||
-                   bstr_cmp_c_nocasenorzero(ce->value, "identify") == 0) {
+                   bstr_cmp_c_nocasenorzero(ce->value, "identity") == 0) {
             // ignore
         } else {
             /* exceptional cases: enter slow path */