diff --git a/src/devices/bus/isa/zxbus_adapter.cpp b/src/devices/bus/isa/zxbus_adapter.cpp
index 4a2787183b0..c65ea81bc74 100644
--- a/src/devices/bus/isa/zxbus_adapter.cpp
+++ b/src/devices/bus/isa/zxbus_adapter.cpp
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ void zxbus_adapter_device::device_start()
 void zxbus_adapter_device::device_add_mconfig(machine_config &config)
 {
 	ZXBUS(config, m_zxbus, 0);
-	ZXBUS_SLOT(config, "slot", 0, m_zxbus, zxbus_cards, nullptr);
+	ZXBUS_SLOT(config, "card", 0, m_zxbus, zxbus_cards, nullptr);
 }