diff --git a/Classes/BITAttributedLabel.m b/Classes/BITAttributedLabel.m
index 5ca72d11e5..a06dda6fc3 100755
--- a/Classes/BITAttributedLabel.m
+++ b/Classes/BITAttributedLabel.m
@@ -826,8 +826,8 @@ static inline NSAttributedString * NSAttributedStringBySettingColorFromContext(N
         NSMutableAttributedString *highlightAttributedString = [self.renderedAttributedText mutableCopy];
         [highlightAttributedString addAttribute:(NSString *)kCTForegroundColorAttributeName value:(id)[self.highlightedTextColor CGColor] range:NSMakeRange(0, highlightAttributedString.length)];
         
-        if (!self.highlightFramesetter) {
-            self.highlightFramesetter = CTFramesetterCreateWithAttributedString((__bridge CFAttributedStringRef)highlightAttributedString);
+        if (!_highlightFramesetter) {
+            _highlightFramesetter = CTFramesetterCreateWithAttributedString((__bridge CFAttributedStringRef)highlightAttributedString);
         }
         
         [self drawFramesetter:self.highlightFramesetter attributedString:highlightAttributedString textRange:textRange inRect:textRect context:c];