diff --git a/sycl/test/lit.cfg.py b/sycl/test/lit.cfg.py
index 24072d99cd2bf..ca2947308e75b 100644
--- a/sycl/test/lit.cfg.py
+++ b/sycl/test/lit.cfg.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 if 'OCL_ICD_FILENAMES' in os.environ:
     config.environment['OCL_ICD_FILENAMES'] = os.environ['OCL_ICD_FILENAMES']
 
-if 'SYCL_DEVICE_WHITE_LIST' in os.environ:
-    config.environment['SYCL_DEVICE_WHITE_LIST'] = os.environ['SYCL_DEVICE_WHITE_LIST']
+if 'SYCL_DEVICE_ALLOWLIST' in os.environ:
+    config.environment['SYCL_DEVICE_ALLOWLIST'] = os.environ['SYCL_DEVICE_ALLOWLIST']
 
 config.substitutions.append( ('%sycl_libs_dir',  config.sycl_libs_dir ) )
 config.substitutions.append( ('%sycl_include',  config.sycl_include ) )