diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index c06050557..16c0c9a35 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ void cmMakefile::InitializeFromParent(cmMakefile* parent)
                     parent->GetProperty("LINK_DIRECTORIES"));
 
   // the initial project name
-  this->SetProjectName(parent->GetProjectName());
+  this->StateSnapshot.SetProjectName(parent->StateSnapshot.GetProjectName());
 
   // Copy include regular expressions.
   this->ComplainFileRegularExpression = parent->ComplainFileRegularExpression;