diff --git a/src/spice_netlist.c b/src/spice_netlist.c
index 4b8fab65..ddbbaa3f 100644
--- a/src/spice_netlist.c
+++ b/src/spice_netlist.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static int spice_netlist(FILE *fd, int spice_stop )
            fprintf(fd, "**** end_element\n");
          }
          /* hash device_model attribute if any */
-         m = get_tok_value(xctx->inst[i].prop_ptr, "device_model", 0);
+         m = translate(i, get_tok_value(xctx->inst[i].prop_ptr, "device_model", 0));
          if(m[0]) str_hash_lookup(&model_table, model_name(m), m, XINSERT);
          else {
            m = get_tok_value( (xctx->inst[i].ptr+ xctx->sym)->prop_ptr, "device_model", 0);