diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 74ffc2f84..f5821961b 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 					$datarray['type'] = 'activity';
 					$datarray['gravity'] = GRAVITY_LIKE;
 					// only one like or dislike per person
-					$r = q("select id from item where uid = %d and `contact-id` = %d and verb ='%s' and deleted = 0 and (`parent-uri` = '%s' OR `thr_parent` = '%s') limit 1",
+					$r = q("select id from item where uid = %d and `contact-id` = %d and verb ='%s' and deleted = 0 and (`parent-uri` = '%s' OR `thr-parent` = '%s') limit 1",
 						intval($datarray['uid']),
 						intval($datarray['contact-id']),
 						dbesc($datarray['verb']),