diff --git a/gracedb/annotations/voevent_utils.py b/gracedb/annotations/voevent_utils.py
index 6c0f5a8c11fe5c060cf9eeee397b75e8cbf9eb0c..f9106830556b81a7c7373d47cb6ff89f94a51d70 100644
--- a/gracedb/annotations/voevent_utils.py
+++ b/gracedb/annotations/voevent_utils.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ def construct_voevent_file(obj, voevent, request=None):
                 emcoinc_params.append(p_extid)
 
             ## External IVORN
-            if voevent.ivorn:
+            if event.ivorn:
                 p_extivorn = vp.Param(
                     "External_Ivorn",
                     value=ext_event.trigger_id,