diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/wizard-realtime-validations.hbs b/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/wizard-realtime-validations.hbs
index d4d068ac..4544f28a 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/wizard-realtime-validations.hbs
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/wizard-realtime-validations.hbs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <label>{{i18n 'admin.wizard.field.validations.time_after'}}</label>
           </div>
           <div class="setting-value">
-            {{input type="number" class="time-n-value" value=props.n_value}}
+            {{input type="number" class="time-n-value" value=props.time_n_value}}
             {{combo-box
                 value=(readonly props.time_unit)
                 content=timeUnits
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/wizard/components/similar-topics-validator.js.es6 b/assets/javascripts/wizard/components/similar-topics-validator.js.es6
index d8bc952d..3b63fafb 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/wizard/components/similar-topics-validator.js.es6
+++ b/assets/javascripts/wizard/components/similar-topics-validator.js.es6
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export default WizardFieldValidator.extend({
       title: this.get("field.value"),
       categories: this.get("validation.categories"),
       time_unit: this.get("validation.time_unit"),
-      n_value: this.get("validation.n_value")
+      time_n_value: this.get("validation.time_n_value")
     }).then((result) => {
       const similarTopics = A(
         deepMerge(result["topics"], result["similar_topics"])
diff --git a/lib/custom_wizard/realtime_validations/similar_topics.rb b/lib/custom_wizard/realtime_validations/similar_topics.rb
index 9ec8f60d..117b2681 100644
--- a/lib/custom_wizard/realtime_validations/similar_topics.rb
+++ b/lib/custom_wizard/realtime_validations/similar_topics.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class CustomWizard::RealtimeValidation::SimilarTopics
     title = params[:title]
     raw = params[:raw]
     categories = params[:categories]
-    n_value = params[:n_value]
+    time_n_value = params[:time_n_value]
     time_unit = params[:time_unit]
 
     result = CustomWizard::RealtimeValidation::Result.new(:similar_topic)
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ class CustomWizard::RealtimeValidation::SimilarTopics
     topics = Topic.similar_to(title, raw, user).to_a
     topics.select! { |t| categories.include?(t.category.id.to_s) } if categories.present?
 
-    if n_value.present? and time_unit.present?
-      if n_value.to_i > 0
-        topics.select! { |t| t.created_at >= n_value.to_i.send(time_unit).ago }
+    if time_n_value.present? and time_unit.present?
+      if time_n_value.to_i > 0
+        topics.select! { |t| t.created_at >= time_n_value.to_i.send(time_unit).ago }
       end
     end
     topics.map! { |t| SimilarTopic.new(t) }
diff --git a/spec/components/custom_wizard/realtime_validations/similar_topics_spec.rb b/spec/components/custom_wizard/realtime_validations/similar_topics_spec.rb
index 1116f019..94b17b63 100644
--- a/spec/components/custom_wizard/realtime_validations/similar_topics_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/custom_wizard/realtime_validations/similar_topics_spec.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe ::CustomWizard::RealtimeValidation::SimilarTopics do
     cat_topic.update!(created_at: 2.days.ago)
 
     validation = ::CustomWizard::RealtimeValidation::SimilarTopics.new(user)
-    result = validation.perform({ title: "matching similar", n_value: 1, time_unit: "days" })
+    result = validation.perform({ title: "matching similar", time_n_value: 1, time_unit: "days" })
     expect(result.items.length).to eq(1)
   end
 end