diff --git a/lib/features/modeling/behavior/LabelBehavior.js b/lib/features/modeling/behavior/LabelBehavior.js
index df87ebcd..5dc5a52e 100644
--- a/lib/features/modeling/behavior/LabelBehavior.js
+++ b/lib/features/modeling/behavior/LabelBehavior.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var DEFAULT_LABEL_DIMENSIONS = {
   height: 20
 };
 
+var NAME_PROPERTY = 'name';
 
 /**
  * A component that makes sure that external labels are added
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ export default function LabelBehavior(
         element = context.element,
         properties = context.properties;
 
-    if ('name' in properties) {
-      modeling.updateLabel(element, properties.name);
+    if (NAME_PROPERTY in properties) {
+      modeling.updateLabel(element, properties[NAME_PROPERTY]);
     }
   });