diff --git a/core/server/data/schema.js b/core/server/data/schema.js
index 111b0f5434..320f79de10 100644
--- a/core/server/data/schema.js
+++ b/core/server/data/schema.js
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function isPost(jsonData) {
 
 function isTag(jsonData) {
     return jsonData.hasOwnProperty('name') && jsonData.hasOwnProperty('slug') &&
-        jsonData.hasOwnProperty('description') && jsonData.hasOwnProperty('parent_id');
+        jsonData.hasOwnProperty('description') && jsonData.hasOwnProperty('parent');
 }
 
 module.exports.tables = db;
diff --git a/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js b/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js
index cf47bf39e8..1c49339149 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ describe('Core Helpers', function () {
 
         it('should return the slug with a prefixed /tag/ if the context is a tag', function (done) {
             helpers.url.call({
-                name: 'the tag', slug: 'the-tag', description: null, parent_id: null
+                name: 'the tag', slug: 'the-tag', description: null, parent: null
             }).then(function (rendered) {
                 should.exist(rendered);
                 rendered.should.equal('/tag/the-tag/');