diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java
index 8f2aa5d023a..846267e0a2c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ private static void createFileDscr(XMLStreamWriter xmlw, JsonArray fileDetails)
 
                 if (fileJson.containsKey("tabularTags")) {
                     JsonArray tags = fileJson.getJsonArray("tabularTags");
-                    for (int j = 0; j < tags.size(); i++) {
+                    for (int j = 0; j < tags.size(); j++) {
                         xmlw.writeStartElement("notes");
                         writeAttribute(xmlw, "level", LEVEL_FILE);
                         writeAttribute(xmlw, "type", NOTE_TYPE_TAG);