diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/RepeatFeature.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/RepeatFeature.pm
index 0c65f7a9d79c0a459ff278f2060c9796dff2f240..926f2e463e148947059fd2878a93638abf172240 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/RepeatFeature.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/RepeatFeature.pm
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ sub get_RepeatConsensus {
     my( $self ) = @_;
     
     my $rc_id = $self->repeat_consensus_id;
-    return $self->repeat_consensus_adaptor->fetch_by_dbID($rc_id);
+    return $self->adaptor->fetch_by_dbID($rc_id);
 }