diff --git a/src/Mod/BIM/nativeifc/ifc_viewproviders.py b/src/Mod/BIM/nativeifc/ifc_viewproviders.py
index e29f4f7dac..3487c34460 100644
--- a/src/Mod/BIM/nativeifc/ifc_viewproviders.py
+++ b/src/Mod/BIM/nativeifc/ifc_viewproviders.py
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ def get_icon(vp):
             rclass = vp.Object.IfcClass.replace("Type","")
             ifcicon = ":/icons/IFC/" + rclass + ".svg"
             if QtCore.QFile.exists(ifcicon):
-                if getattr(self, "ifcclass", "") != rclass:
+                if getattr(vp, "ifcclass", "") != rclass:
                     vp.ifcclass = rclass
                     vp.ifcicon = overlay(ifcicon, ":/icons/IFC.svg")
                 return getattr(vp, "ifcicon", overlay(ifcicon, ":/icons/IFC.svg"))