diff --git a/src/surfaceFilmModels/surfaceFilm/surfaceFilm.C b/src/surfaceFilmModels/surfaceFilm/surfaceFilm.C
index 316bc8acef..057d1837c1 100644
--- a/src/surfaceFilmModels/surfaceFilm/surfaceFilm.C
+++ b/src/surfaceFilmModels/surfaceFilm/surfaceFilm.C
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ Foam::surfaceFilm::surfaceFilm
     time_(primaryMesh.time()),
     infoOutput_(true),
     modelType_(modelType),
-    filmName_(lookup("filmName")),
+    regionName_(lookup("regionName")),
     mesh_
     (
         IOobject
         (
-            filmName_,
+            regionName_,
             time_.name(),
             time_,
             IOobject::MUST_READ
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ Foam::surfaceFilm::surfaceFilm
             (
                 IOobject
                 (
-                    filmName_ + "OutputProperties",
+                    regionName_ + "OutputProperties",
                     time_.name(),
-                    "uniform"/filmName_,
+                    "uniform"/regionName_,
                     primaryMesh_,
                     IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
                     IOobject::NO_WRITE
diff --git a/src/surfaceFilmModels/surfaceFilm/surfaceFilm.H b/src/surfaceFilmModels/surfaceFilm/surfaceFilm.H
index 1093827021..3458fcf74f 100644
--- a/src/surfaceFilmModels/surfaceFilm/surfaceFilm.H
+++ b/src/surfaceFilmModels/surfaceFilm/surfaceFilm.H
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ protected:
         const word modelType_;
 
         //- Film name
-        word filmName_;
+        word regionName_;
 
         //- Film mesh
         fvMesh mesh_;