diff --git a/extra/sequences/repeating/repeating.factor b/extra/sequences/repeating/repeating.factor
index 92b0925907..77fddd5510 100644
--- a/extra/sequences/repeating/repeating.factor
+++ b/extra/sequences/repeating/repeating.factor
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ TUPLE: repeating circular len ;
 : repeated ( seq length -- new-seq )
     dupd <repeating> swap like ;
 
-M: repeating length repeating-len ;
+M: repeating length len>> ;
 M: repeating set-length (>>len) ;
 
 M: repeating virtual@ ( n seq -- n' seq' ) circular>> ;