diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_legacyJSFunctions.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_legacyJSFunctions.ts
index 0f46665b2a..87d6aee233 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_legacyJSFunctions.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_legacyJSFunctions.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import {egw} from "../jsapi/egw_global";
 import {et2_IDOMNode} from "./et2_core_interfaces";
+import {et2_form_name} from "./et2_core_common";
 
 export function et2_compileLegacyJS(_code, _widget, _context)
 {
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ function js_pseudo_funcs(_val,widget)
 	{
 		// et2_form_name doesn't care about ][, just [
 		var _cname = widget.getPath() ? widget.getPath().join("[") : false;
-		_val = _val.replace(/form::name\(/g, "'"+widget.getRoot()._inst.uniqueId+"_'+"+(_cname ? "et2_form_name('"+_cname+"'," : '('));
+		document.et2_form_name = et2_form_name;
+		_val = _val.replace(/form::name\(/g, "'"+widget.getRoot()._inst.uniqueId+"_'+"+(_cname ? "document.et2_form_name('"+_cname+"'," : '('));
 	}
 
 	if (_val.indexOf('egw::lang(') != -1)