diff --git a/src/dns/gcdns.js b/src/dns/gcdns.js
index 917f0652f..45668a2cf 100644
--- a/src/dns/gcdns.js
+++ b/src/dns/gcdns.js
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ function verifyDnsConfig(dnsConfig, fqdn, zoneName, ip, callback) {
 
     dns.resolve(zoneName, 'NS', { timeout: 5000 }, function (error, nameservers) {
         if (error && error.code === 'ENOTFOUND') return callback(new DomainsError(DomainsError.BAD_FIELD, 'Unable to resolve nameservers for this domain'));
-        if (error || !resolvedNS) return callback(new DomainsError(DomainsError.BAD_FIELD, error ? error.message : 'Unable to get nameservers'));
+        if (error || !nameservers) return callback(new DomainsError(DomainsError.BAD_FIELD, error ? error.message : 'Unable to get nameservers'));
 
         getZoneByName(credentials, zoneName, function (error, zone) {
             if (error) return callback(error);
 
             var definedNS = zone.metadata.nameServers.sort().map(function(r) { return r.replace(/\.$/, ''); });
-            if (!_.isEqual(definedNS, resolvedNS.sort())) {
-                debug('verifyDnsConfig: %j and %j do not match', resolvedNS, definedNS);
+            if (!_.isEqual(definedNS, nameservers.sort())) {
+                debug('verifyDnsConfig: %j and %j do not match', nameservers, definedNS);
                 return callback(new DomainsError(DomainsError.BAD_FIELD, 'Domain nameservers are not set to Google Cloud DNS'));
             }