diff --git a/src/nm-policy.c b/src/nm-policy.c
index ed3f8b20d1..f235897457 100644
--- a/src/nm-policy.c
+++ b/src/nm-policy.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ update_system_hostname (NMPolicy *self, const char *msg)
 		/* Grab a hostname out of the device's DHCP6 config */
 		dhcp_config = nm_device_get_dhcp_config (get_default_device (self, AF_INET6), AF_INET6);
 		if (dhcp_config) {
-			dhcp_hostname = nm_dhcp_config_get_option (dhcp_config, "host_name");
+			dhcp_hostname = nm_dhcp_config_get_option (dhcp_config, "fqdn_fqdn");
 			if (dhcp_hostname && dhcp_hostname[0]) {
 				p = nm_str_skip_leading_spaces (dhcp_hostname);
 				if (p[0]) {