diff --git a/spacy/en/pos.pyx b/spacy/en/pos.pyx
index 38c0b1ae4..d4446f9b9 100644
--- a/spacy/en/pos.pyx
+++ b/spacy/en/pos.pyx
@@ -328,5 +328,5 @@ cdef inline void _fill_from_token(atom_t* context, const TokenC* t) nogil:
     context[2] = t.lex.shape
     context[3] = t.lex.prefix
     context[4] = t.lex.suffix
-    context[5] = t.pos
+    context[5] = t.tag
     context[6] = t.lemma