diff --git a/zuul/cmd/migrate.py b/zuul/cmd/migrate.py
index e9d6a1097e..2ba530cef4 100644
--- a/zuul/cmd/migrate.py
+++ b/zuul/cmd/migrate.py
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ class Job:
         if self.content and not self.name:
             self.name = get_single_key(content)
         if not self.name:
-            self.name = self.orig.replace('-{name}', '').replace('{name}-', '')
+            self.name = self.orig
+        self.name = self.name.replace('-{name}', '').replace('{name}-', '')
         if self.orig.endswith('-nv'):
             self.voting = False
         if self.name.endswith('-nv'):