diff --git a/tc/m_xt.c b/tc/m_xt.c
index 18666b3e..8f2a2959 100644
--- a/tc/m_xt.c
+++ b/tc/m_xt.c
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ print_ipt(struct action_util *au,FILE * f, struct rtattr *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct action_util ipt_action_util = {
-        .id = "ipt",
+struct action_util xt_action_util = {
+        .id = "xt",
         .parse_aopt = parse_ipt,
         .print_aopt = print_ipt,
 };