diff --git a/salt/states/ipset.py b/salt/states/ipset.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/states/ipset.py
+++ b/salt/states/ipset.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def absent(name, entry=None, entries=None, family='ipv4', **kwargs):
                     kwargs['set_name'],
                     family)
             else:
-                command = __salt__['ipset.delete'](kwargs['set_name'], _entry, family, **kwargs)
+                command = __salt__['ipset.delete'](kwargs['set_name'], entry, family, **kwargs)
                 if 'Error' not in command:
                     ret['changes'] = {'locale': name}
                     ret['result'] = True
Fix state absent broken by ipset-add-new-options PR