diff --git a/Source/cmPolicies.cxx b/Source/cmPolicies.cxx
index 2d7c71002..10f85ac50 100644
--- a/Source/cmPolicies.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmPolicies.cxx
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ bool cmPolicies::ApplyPolicyVersion(cmMakefile *mf,
         {
         cmPolicies::PolicyStatus status = cmPolicies::WARN;
         if(!GetPolicyDefault(mf, idToString(i->first), &status) ||
-           !mf->SetPolicy(i->second->ID, status))
+           !mf->SetPolicy(i->first, status))
           {
           return false;
           }
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ bool cmPolicies::ApplyPolicyVersion(cmMakefile *mf,
       }
     else
       {
-      if (!mf->SetPolicy(i->second->ID, cmPolicies::NEW))
+      if (!mf->SetPolicy(i->first, cmPolicies::NEW))
         {
         return false;
         }