diff --git a/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelBase_impl.hpp b/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelBase_impl.hpp
index 308b2c7cf..7731360ad 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelBase_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelBase_impl.hpp
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ namespace detail {
             mob_perfcells[phase] = subset(rq_[phase].mob, well_cells);
             b_perfcells[phase] = subset(rq_[phase].b, well_cells);
         }
-        if (param_.solve_wellEq_initially_ && initial_assembly) {
+        if (param_.solve_welleq_initially_ && initial_assembly) {
             // solve the well equations as a pre-processing step
             solveWellEq(mob_perfcells, b_perfcells, state, well_state);
         }
diff --git a/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.cpp b/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.cpp
index 854284f18..5c5530d78 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.cpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Opm
         tolerance_mb_    = param.getDefault("tolerance_mb", tolerance_mb_);
         tolerance_cnv_   = param.getDefault("tolerance_cnv", tolerance_cnv_);
         tolerance_wells_ = param.getDefault("tolerance_wells", tolerance_wells_ );
-        solve_wellEq_initially_ = param.getDefault("solve_wellEq_initially",solve_wellEq_initially_);
+        solve_welleq_initially_ = param.getDefault("solve_welleq_initially",solve_welleq_initially_);
     }
 
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Opm
         tolerance_mb_    = 1.0e-5;
         tolerance_cnv_   = 1.0e-2;
         tolerance_wells_ = 1.0e-3;
-        solve_wellEq_initially_ = false;
+        solve_welleq_initially_ = false;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.hpp b/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.hpp
index c50ce4cce..15e7042db 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.hpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace Opm
         double tolerance_wells_;
 
         /// Solve well equation initially
-        bool solve_wellEq_initially_;
+        bool solve_welleq_initially_;
 
         /// Construct from user parameters or defaults.
         explicit BlackoilModelParameters( const parameter::ParameterGroup& param );