diff --git a/teuthology/suite/run.py b/teuthology/suite/run.py
index 4f425cada..7b397f808 100644
--- a/teuthology/suite/run.py
+++ b/teuthology/suite/run.py
@@ -45,10 +45,8 @@ def __init__(self, args):
         # We assume timestamp is a datetime.datetime object
         self.timestamp = self.args.timestamp or \
             datetime.datetime.now().strftime(TIMESTAMP_FMT)
-        self.user = self.args.user or pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
-
+        self.user = self.args.owner or pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
         self.name = self.make_run_name()
-
         if self.args.ceph_repo:
             config.ceph_git_url = self.args.ceph_repo
         if self.args.suite_repo:
diff --git a/teuthology/suite/test/test_run_.py b/teuthology/suite/test/test_run_.py
index 51ce29a85..0fad56ddf 100644
--- a/teuthology/suite/test/test_run_.py
+++ b/teuthology/suite/test/test_run_.py
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ def test_name(self, m_fetch_repos):
         assert str(stamp) in name
 
     @patch('teuthology.suite.run.util.fetch_repos')
-    def test_name_user(self, m_fetch_repos):
-        self.args.user = 'USER'
+    def test_name_owner(self, m_fetch_repos):
+        self.args.owner = 'USER'
         with patch.object(run.Run, 'create_initial_config',
                           return_value=run.JobConfig()):
             name = run.Run(self.args).name