diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
index a90e4875dd..9a60185532 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static void MergeActorXML( XNode *pChild, const XNode *pParent )
 				pParent->GetName().c_str() );
 			Dialog::OK( sWarning, "XML_ATTRIB_OVERRIDE" );
 		}
-		pChild->AppendAttr( p->first, p->second->Copy() );
+		pChild->AppendAttrFrom( p->first, p->second->Copy() );
 	}
 }