diff --git a/plugins/in_splunk/splunk.c b/plugins/in_splunk/splunk.c
index 6c6555083f6..b10dfa8f00e 100644
--- a/plugins/in_splunk/splunk.c
+++ b/plugins/in_splunk/splunk.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
 
     {
      FLB_CONFIG_MAP_BOOL, "store_token_in_metadata", "true",
-     0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_splunk, store_token_to_metadata),
+     0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_splunk, store_token_in_metadata),
      "Store Splunk HEC tokens in matadata. If set as false, they will be stored into records."
     },
 
diff --git a/plugins/in_splunk/splunk.h b/plugins/in_splunk/splunk.h
index 3e795cc0484..e72905b5a80 100644
--- a/plugins/in_splunk/splunk.h
+++ b/plugins/in_splunk/splunk.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct flb_splunk {
     /* Token Auth */
     struct mk_list auth_tokens;
     flb_sds_t ingested_auth_header;
-    int store_token_to_metadata;
+    int store_token_in_metadata;
     flb_sds_t store_token_key;
 
     struct flb_log_event_encoder log_encoder;
diff --git a/plugins/in_splunk/splunk_prot.c b/plugins/in_splunk/splunk_prot.c
index fee39e8ea9e..513ea41d340 100644
--- a/plugins/in_splunk/splunk_prot.c
+++ b/plugins/in_splunk/splunk_prot.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int process_raw_payload_pack(struct flb_splunk *ctx, flb_sds_t tag, char
         ret = flb_log_event_encoder_set_current_timestamp(&ctx->log_encoder);
     }
 
-    if (ctx->store_token_to_metadata == FLB_TRUE) {
+    if (ctx->store_token_in_metadata == FLB_TRUE) {
         if (ret == FLB_EVENT_ENCODER_SUCCESS) {
             ret = flb_log_event_encoder_append_body_values(
                     &ctx->log_encoder,
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static int process_raw_payload_pack(struct flb_splunk *ctx, flb_sds_t tag, char
         }
     }
 
-    if (ctx->store_token_to_metadata == FLB_TRUE) {
+    if (ctx->store_token_in_metadata == FLB_TRUE) {
         if (ctx->ingested_auth_header != NULL) {
             if (ret == FLB_EVENT_ENCODER_SUCCESS) {
                 ret = flb_log_event_encoder_append_metadata_values(
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static void process_flb_log_append(struct flb_splunk *ctx, msgpack_object *recor
                 &tm);
     }
 
-    if (ctx->store_token_to_metadata == FLB_TRUE) {
+    if (ctx->store_token_in_metadata == FLB_TRUE) {
         if (ret == FLB_EVENT_ENCODER_SUCCESS) {
             ret = flb_log_event_encoder_set_body_from_msgpack_object(
                     &ctx->log_encoder,