diff --git a/Source/Modules/python.cxx b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
index 296a920b7..fdc2b9d5d 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/python.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
@@ -4839,7 +4839,7 @@ int PYTHON::classDirectorMethod(Node *n, Node *parent, String *super) {
       if (use_parse || !modernargs) {
 	Printf(w->code, "swig::SwigVar_PyObject %s = PyObject_CallMethod(swig_get_self(), (char *)\"%s\", (char *)\"(%s)\" %s);\n", Swig_cresult_name(), pyname, parse_args, arglist);
       } else {
-	Printf(w->code, "swig::SwigVar_PyObject swig_method_name = SWIG_Python_str_FromChar((char *)\"%s\");\n", Swig_cresult_name(), pyname);
+	Printf(w->code, "swig::SwigVar_PyObject swig_method_name = SWIG_Python_str_FromChar((char *)\"%s\");\n", pyname);
 	Printf(w->code, "swig::SwigVar_PyObject %s = PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(swig_get_self(), (PyObject *) swig_method_name %s, NULL);\n", Swig_cresult_name(), arglist);
       }
     } else {