diff --git a/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/lb/v2/loadbalancer.py b/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/lb/v2/loadbalancer.py
index 576c5fa5a..49fd13451 100644
--- a/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/lb/v2/loadbalancer.py
+++ b/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/lb/v2/loadbalancer.py
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ class CreateLoadBalancer(neutronV20.CreateCommand):
             self.get_client(), 'subnet', parsed_args.vip_subnet)
         body = {
             self.resource: {
-                'name': parsed_args.name,
                 'vip_subnet_id': _subnet_id,
                 'admin_state_up': parsed_args.admin_state,
             },
         }
         neutronV20.update_dict(parsed_args, body[self.resource],
-                               ['description', 'provider', 'vip_address'])
+                               ['description', 'provider', 'vip_address',
+                                'name'])
         return body
 
 
diff --git a/neutronclient/tests/unit/lb/v2/test_cli20_loadbalancer.py b/neutronclient/tests/unit/lb/v2/test_cli20_loadbalancer.py
index a8ccd4e7e..11bed0317 100644
--- a/neutronclient/tests/unit/lb/v2/test_cli20_loadbalancer.py
+++ b/neutronclient/tests/unit/lb/v2/test_cli20_loadbalancer.py
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ class CLITestV20LbLoadBalancerJSON(test_cli20.CLITestV20Base):
         name = 'lbaas-loadbalancer-name'
         vip_subnet_id = 'vip-subnet'
         my_id = 'my-id'
-        args = ['--name', name, vip_subnet_id]
-        position_names = ['name', 'vip_subnet_id']
-        position_values = [name, vip_subnet_id]
+        args = [vip_subnet_id]
+        position_names = ['vip_subnet_id']
+        position_values = [vip_subnet_id]
         self._test_create_resource(resource, cmd, name, my_id, args,
                                    position_names, position_values,
                                    cmd_resource=cmd_resource)