diff --git a/compiler/mips/vm.lisp b/compiler/mips/vm.lisp
index 6de6289e6404752a8ecbc88f47e00f7a87690fe5..4e47cf666a36295531076a8cbc282522bc400e54 100644
--- a/compiler/mips/vm.lisp
+++ b/compiler/mips/vm.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Lisp, please contact Scott Fahlman (Scott.Fahlman@CS.CMU.EDU)
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
-;;; $Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/mips/vm.lisp,v 1.14 1990/03/06 20:03:39 ch Exp $
+;;; $Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/mips/vm.lisp,v 1.15 1990/03/07 18:48:01 wlott Exp $
 ;;;
 ;;; This file contains the VM definition for the MIPS R2000 and the new
 ;;; object format.
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 
 ;;; 
 (defvar *simple-array-primitive-types*
-  '((base-character . simple-string)
+  '((string-char . simple-string)
     (bit . simple-bit-vector)
     ((unsigned-byte 2) . simple-array-unsigned-byte-2)
     ((unsigned-byte 4) . simple-array-unsigned-byte-4)