diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Settings.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Settings.php
index 839231ba..d9d197a5 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Settings.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Settings.php
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class PHPExcel_Settings
         if (is_null(self::$_libXmlLoaderOptions)) {
             self::setLibXmlLoaderOptions(LIBXML_DTDLOAD | LIBXML_DTDATTR);
         }
-        @libxml_disable_entity_loader($options == (LIBXML_DTDLOAD | LIBXML_DTDATTR));
+        @libxml_disable_entity_loader(self::$_libXmlLoaderOptions == (LIBXML_DTDLOAD | LIBXML_DTDATTR));
         return self::$_libXmlLoaderOptions;
     } // function getLibXmlLoaderOptions
 }