diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index bb9295e1b68b3a93d7078bdddda44641c2642402..8d26b1788e15181617d77cffa720c222296459c1 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -535,6 +535,6 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def revert_branch_name
-    "revert-#{id}-#{target_branch}"
+    "revert-#{iid}-#{target_branch}"
   end
 end