diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral.py b/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral.py
index f304606ba6c8c73dc5894a058ad5577713296fca..d1ebe9a4817098ea35d0105191a993bcad422c5a 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral.py
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/python/inspiral.py
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ class Data(object):
 			# sufficient for the latter.
 			# FIXME:  fix the effective distances
 			for event in events:
-				event.eff_dist = NaN
+				event.eff_distance = NaN
 
 			# Find max SNR sngles
 			if events: