diff --git a/src/engine/Transaction.c b/src/engine/Transaction.c
index 831ae362d8..321ba4be68 100644
--- a/src/engine/Transaction.c
+++ b/src/engine/Transaction.c
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ static void trans_cleanup_commit(Transaction *trans)
             /* Existing split either moved to another transaction or
                was destroyed, drop from list */
             GncEventData ed;
-            ed.parent = trans;
+            ed.node = trans;
             ed.idx = g_list_index(trans->splits, s);
             trans->splits = g_list_remove(trans->splits, s);
             qof_event_gen(&s->inst.entity, QOF_EVENT_REMOVE, &ed);
diff --git a/src/engine/gnc-event.h b/src/engine/gnc-event.h
index 09f3d80df5..c5b925740c 100644
--- a/src/engine/gnc-event.h
+++ b/src/engine/gnc-event.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 
 typedef struct {
-    gpointer parent;
+    gpointer node;
     gint idx;
 } GncEventData;