diff --git a/src/babel/transformation/file/plugin-manager.js b/src/babel/transformation/file/plugin-manager.js
index b82a3c29cf..1b3c4f15a3 100644
--- a/src/babel/transformation/file/plugin-manager.js
+++ b/src/babel/transformation/file/plugin-manager.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export default class PluginManager {
 
     if (name) {
       if (typeof name === "object" && name.transformer) {
-        ({ plugin: name, position } = name);
+        ({ transformer: plugin, position } = name);
       } else if (typeof name !== "string") {
         // not a string so we'll just assume that it's a direct Transformer instance, if not then
         // the checks later on will complain