diff --git a/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp b/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
index 66b711737..8795efbdf 100644
--- a/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ MeshPairList NIFLoader::load(std::string name, std::string skelName, const std::
     }
 
     NIFSkeletonLoader skelldr;
-    bool hasSkel = skelldr.createSkeleton(name, group, node);
+    bool hasSkel = skelldr.createSkeleton(skelName, group, node);
 
     NIFMeshLoader meshldr(name, group, (hasSkel ? skelName : std::string()));
     meshldr.createMeshes(node, meshes);