diff --git a/lib/core/sdam/topology.js b/lib/core/sdam/topology.js
index 35f241144e..007c8ab9ba 100644
--- a/lib/core/sdam/topology.js
+++ b/lib/core/sdam/topology.js
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Topology extends EventEmitter {
       ),
       serverSelectionTimeoutMS: options.serverSelectionTimeoutMS,
       heartbeatFrequencyMS: options.heartbeatFrequencyMS,
-      minHeartbeatIntervalMS: options.minHeartbeatIntervalMS,
+      minHeartbeatFrequencyMS: options.minHeartbeatFrequencyMS,
       // allow users to override the cursor factory
       Cursor: options.cursorFactory || CoreCursor,
       // the bson parser