diff --git a/src/wayland/xdg_toplevel_tag.rs b/src/wayland/xdg_toplevel_tag.rs
index 707e9e15f8de..4e12c4377979 100644
--- a/src/wayland/xdg_toplevel_tag.rs
+++ b/src/wayland/xdg_toplevel_tag.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ impl<D: XdgToplevelTagHandler> Dispatch2<XdgToplevelTagManagerV1, D> for GlobalD
                     let data = states
                         .data_map
                         .get_or_insert_threadsafe(XdgToplevelTagSurfaceData::default);
-                    *data.tag.lock().unwrap() = Some(description.clone().into());
+                    *data.description.lock().unwrap() = Some(description.clone().into());
                 });
 
                 state.set_description(toplevel, description);