diff --git a/lib/dns/opensslecdsa_link.c b/lib/dns/opensslecdsa_link.c
index f198599e2f..bcf92b6ca4 100644
--- a/lib/dns/opensslecdsa_link.c
+++ b/lib/dns/opensslecdsa_link.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ opensslecdsa_tofile(const dst_key_t *key, const char *directory) {
 	}
 
 	if (key->label != NULL) {
-		priv.elements[i].tag = TAG_RSA_LABEL;
+		priv.elements[i].tag = TAG_ECDSA_LABEL;
 		priv.elements[i].length = (unsigned short)strlen(key->label) +
 					  1;
 		priv.elements[i].data = (unsigned char *)key->label;