diff --git a/spacy/lexeme.pxd b/spacy/lexeme.pxd
index 7bf6ad0e2..cfaceccb8 100644
--- a/spacy/lexeme.pxd
+++ b/spacy/lexeme.pxd
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cdef class Lexeme:
     cdef inline Lexeme from_ptr(const LexemeC* ptr, StringStore strings):
         cdef Lexeme py = Lexeme.__new__(Lexeme, 300)
         for i in range(300):
-            py.vec[i] = ptr.vec[i]
+            py.repvec[i] = ptr.repvec[i]
         py.flags = ptr.flags
         py.id = ptr.id
         py.length = ptr.length
diff --git a/spacy/lexeme.pyx b/spacy/lexeme.pyx
index 1ce4eb3b0..19e6ef79f 100644
--- a/spacy/lexeme.pyx
+++ b/spacy/lexeme.pyx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ cdef int set_lex_struct_props(LexemeC* lex, dict props, StringStore string_store
     lex.sentiment = props['sentiment']
 
     lex.flags = props['flags']
-    lex.vec = empty_vec
+    lex.repvec = empty_vec
 
 
 cdef class Lexeme: