diff --git a/lib/classes/check/manager.php b/lib/classes/check/manager.php
index 62cc21cdb9d..c9e3aba2dfb 100644
--- a/lib/classes/check/manager.php
+++ b/lib/classes/check/manager.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class manager {
             foreach ($plugins as $plugin => $pluginfunction) {
                 $result = $pluginfunction();
                 foreach ($result as $check) {
-                    $check->component = $plugintype .  '_' . $plugin;
+                    $check->set_component($plugintype . '_' . $plugin);
                     $checks[] = $check;
                 }
             }