diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 7624d9d1191..49f80dd3319 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@
 /mob/living/carbon/human/species/set_species(datum/species/mrace, icon_update, pref_load, replace_missing)
 	. = ..()
 	if(use_random_name)
-		fully_replace_character_name(real_name, generate_random_mob_name())
+		fully_replace_character_name(newname = generate_random_mob_name())
 
 ///Proc used to make monkey roles able to function like crew, but not be able to shift into humans easily.
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/crewlike_monkify()