diff --git a/roles/gitlab/templates/gitlab.rb.j2 b/roles/gitlab/templates/gitlab.rb.j2
index 812024e0346efced34e996413a6059cdbed14b1c..8f7ca2b799f579e8655629e4c6371eaddd22570f 100644
--- a/roles/gitlab/templates/gitlab.rb.j2
+++ b/roles/gitlab/templates/gitlab.rb.j2
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ gitlab_rails['time_zone'] = '{{ gitlab.time_zone }}'
 ##! If your SMTP server does not like the default 'From: gitlab@gitlab.example.com'
 ##! can change the 'From' with this setting.
 gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = '{{ gitlab.email }}'
-gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_display_name'] = '{{ gitlab.display_name }}'
+gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_display_name'] = '{{ gitlab.email_display_name }}'
 gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = '{{ gitlab.email }}'
 # gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_subject_suffix'] = ''
 # gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_smime_enabled'] = false